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Today in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Sec. Kennedy joined state legislators at the capitol to launch the Take Back Your Health Tour, a nationwide series of events touting accomplishments and actions the Trump Administration is taking to Make America Healthy Again.

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Today, Secretary Kennedy and CMS Administrator Dr. Oz joined U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Sec. Rollins and Dr. Ben Carson at a celebration and prayer circle to honor the American Dream and pay tribute to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

EAT REAL FOOD 🇺🇸 📸 Nutrition policy celebration at HHS

Today's NEW Dietary Guidelines deliver a clear, common-sense message to the American people: EAT REAL FOOD. The 2025–2030 Guidelines reestablish food as the foundation of health and reclaim the food pyramid as a tool for nourishment and education. NEW Dietary Guidelines for Americans📲 realfood.gov

Secretary Kennedy: “The idea that a meal made of processed food is cheap is an illusion because you’re paying for it on the back end. You’re paying for it with diabetes, with obesity, with illness.”

Secretary Kennedy: “Affordability is the priority for the President…We know we have to make it easy and accessible for healthy foods for every American, and we believe we can do that. We think affordable food is in reach for every American family.”

FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary: “We have 40% of our kids now with a chronic disease — it is not their fault…This is not a willpower problem for our nation’s kids. This is something that adults have done to kids, and we’re going to fix it.”

FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary: “The old protein guidelines were to prevent starvation and withering away. These new protein guidelines are designed for American kids to thrive, and they’re based on science not on dogma.”

FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary: “60–70% of kids are getting their calories from ultra-processed foods. That’s an epidemic. We now have a generation of kids addicted to refined carbohydrates, low in protein.”

FDA Commissioner Dr. Makary: “For decades, we’ve been fed a corrupt food pyramid that has had a myopic focus on demonizing natural healthy saturated fats, telling you not to eat eggs and steak, and ignoring a giant blind spot: refined carbohydrates, added sugars, ultra-processed food.”

CMS Administrator Dr. Oz: “If we’re able to get the average American…to work one year longer because they feel so vital, so strong, so bullish about their future because they’re feeding their bodies nutrients that are essential…we will increase the overall GDP of our nation by trillions of dollars.”

CMS Administrator Dr. Oz: “53% of children in America are covered by Medicaid or CHIP and we have program that teach kids and their parents what to eat, how to eat. It will dramatically change the natural history of how children are able to participate in life.”

Sec. Rollins: “This is the foundation that will Make America Healthy Again, not just for those of us alive today, but for our children and our children’s children, and those coming behind.”

Sec. Rollins: "More protein, more dairy, more healthy fats, more whole grains, more fruits and vegetables…We are finally putting real food back at the center of the American diet.”

Secretary Kennedy: “The new framework centers on protein and healthy fats, vegetables, fruits, and whole grains…It was actually upside-down before, and we just righted it.”

Secretary Kennedy: “My message is clear: EAT REAL FOOD.”

Secretary Kennedy: “The new guidelines recognize that whole, nutrient-dense food is the most effective path to better health and lower health care costs.”

Secretary Kennedy: “For decades, Americans have grown sicker while health care costs have soared. The reason is clear: the hard truth is that our government has been lying to us to protect corporate profit taking…Today the lies stop.”

Secretary Kennedy: “For decades, Americans have grown sicker while health care costs have soared. The reason is clear: the hard truth is that our government has been lying to us to protect corporate profit taking…Today the lies stop.”

Secretary Kennedy: “Today in accordance with President Trump’s directive, Sec. Rollins and I will release the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025–2030…These new guidelines will revolutionize our nation’s food culture and Make America Healthy Again.”

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “When these guidelines are followed, Americans will be saving themselves thousands of dollars. If we want to cut health care costs in our country, we must become a healthier country…A healthier America will lead to a more affordable America.”

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “The Trump administration is now updating federal nutrition standards and guidelines to ensure that Americans have the most accurate, data-driven information supported by science and hard facts — not special interests or partisan ideology.”

Under President Trump’s leadership, common sense, scientific integrity, and accountability have been restored to federal food and health policy. realfood.gov

Yesterday, HHS froze access to certain federal child care and family assistance funds for California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York following serious concerns about widespread fraud and misuse of taxpayer dollars in state-administered programs. Read more 📲 www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

The HHS Indian Health Service division recently announced seven projects to build or renovate health centers and inpatient hospitals throughout Indian Country. Among those beneficiaries will be Arizona's Ak-Chin Indian Community. Read more 📲 www.aspenpublicradio.org/government/2...

Deputy Secretary O’Neill, in his role as Acting Director of CDC, today signed a decision memo accepting recommendations from a scientific assessment of U.S. childhood immunization practices, following a directive from President Trump to review international best practices from peer countries.

The Biden admin didn’t require verification that kids were attending child care centers before sending them as much as $19 billion in federal funding. Today HHS announced we are reversing that Biden-era practice and restoring “attendance-based billing.” Read more 📲 nypost.com/2026/01/05/u...

Deputy Secretary O'Neill: “We are not going to spend money on Minnesota until we’re confident there is no fraud.”

Deputy Secretary O'Neill on agency actions in Minnesota: “We are going to ensure that the money goes to the people it’s intended for and not to fraudsters. And we are going to hold Minnesota accountable.”

Wishing all of America a safe, happy, and HEALTHY 2026! May our country’s 250th year be its best yet!

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From everyone at HHS, have a very Merry Christmas!🎄

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HHS is advancing a national effort that uses current science to strengthen prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care for people affected by Lyme disease. Last week’s Lyme disease roundtable fulfills commitments made by the MAHA Strategy report to address invisible illnesses.

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The Trump Administration will not stand by while ideology, pressure, and propaganda push vulnerable young people into decisions they cannot fully understand and can never reverse.

Under the leadership of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy, HHS announced actions to END sex-rejecting procedures for children.

ICYMI: Secretary Kennedy expanded newborn baby screenings to include two rare diseases. This bold step will allow children from suffering Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy to receive FDA-approved therapies faster. Read more 📲 www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Secretary Kennedy: “The primate centers have a profit motive…Even when it doesn’t make any sense to do these kinds of experiments…they don’t really want to switch, and we need to challenge that inertia.”

This week, ACF Assistant Secretary Alex Adams fired off letters to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and a nonprofit that received hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grants “concerned that they might be used to fuel illegal and mass migration.”

HHS has released a Request for Information seeking public input on how artificial intelligence can be responsibly integrated into clinical care to improve outcomes, reduce provider burden, strengthen data security, and help lower health care costs. Read Press Release www.hhs.gov/press-room/h...

This week, Secretary Kennedy approved adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy and metachromatic leukodystrophy to the Recommended Uniform Screening Panel for newborns, allowing earlier treatment and more hope for families.

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill: “Without the reforms Secretary Kennedy made today, more children would be coerced into life-altering interventions that many will deeply regret. Thankfully, President Trump and Secretary Kennedy are stopping this madness.”

HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O'Neill: “The denial of fundamental truths can destroy nations from within…This ideology does not just deny biology, it declares war against it.”