Dr. Phil McGraw says he’s involved in regards to the state of youngsters’s well being in america, citing alarming statistics whereas defending the Trump administration’s Make America Wholesome Once more (MAHA) initiative.
“We have one of the sickest generations of young people of any developed countries,” McGraw stated Monday on NewsNation’s “CUOMO.”
“We’re 33 out of 38 among developed countries right now in terms of the presence of chronic disease in young people,” he added.
The tv persona highlighted a dramatic enhance in power illnesses amongst American youngsters, saying charges have risen from round 2-3 p.c within the Sixties to roughly 40 p.c at present.
That is “a serious problem that can be eliminated in one generation, if we’ll just do a few different things that are totally doable,” McGraw stated.
He additionally outlined a number of key modifications wanted to handle these well being issues, together with decreasing youngsters’s display time, rising out of doors actions, reducing processed meals and eradicating pointless chemical compounds from the meals provide.
Some “70 percent of our young people right now can’t qualify for military service,” McGraw advised host Chris Cuomo, attributing this to preventable circumstances together with weight problems, kind 2 diabetes and hypertension.
McGraw’s feedback come after a vaccine skilled resigned from the Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS), now run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing issues about well being misinformation.
The TV psychologist defended Kennedy, saying, “I have found RFK Jr. to be committed to the science … someone that is going to follow empiricism.”
He added that he’s optimistic about President Trump and his administration’s dedication to well being reform.
“I’ve talked to the president about this, and he is very focused on this. I think he’s sincere about it,” McGraw stated.
The dialogue got here forward of Dr. Phil’s Advantage TV particular, “Make America Healthy Again,” which can function “MAHA moms” advocating for youngsters’s well being points.
McGraw stated that his issues transcend political divisions.
“There aren’t any Democrat children. There aren’t any Republican children, they’re just American children,” he advised NewsNation. “This isn’t a political issue for me.”
