The ‘really sticky’ situation facing the public health establishment: RFK Jr.

“It’s a reframing that’s long been needed,” said Sandra Albrecht, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University, of Kennedy’s focus on the causes of disease, adding that public health officials “will need to work with the administration” despite Kennedy’s baggage.

“Our diets are significant factors in noncommunicable diseases or chronic diseases,” Jessica Fanzo, climate professor and director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at Columbia University, said. “If it were me, I, too, would ambitiously want to go after the food system.”

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