Morphine Prince 109,711 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have released the first report authored by the so-called Make America Healthy Again Commission — and it’s riddled with citation errors and even outright fake research. The “MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,” which was released earlier this month, purports to expose “the stark reality of American children’s declining health, backed by compelling data and long-term trends.” While the report does attempt to address critical issues and questions related to children’s health — including nutrition and the effects of childhood exposure to digital devices — at its core the report is an attempt to backfill Kennedy’s more outlandish claims about vaccinations, autism, and medications with shoddy data. According to a Thursday report from NOTUS, at least seven sources cited in the MAHA Report do not seem to exist. In one instance, epidemiologist Katherine Keyes was cited as an author on a study titled, “Changes in mental health and substance abuse among US adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The commission used the study to bolster a claim that “approximately 20–25% of adolescents reported anxiety symptoms and 15–20% reported depressive symptoms, with girls showing significantly higher rates.” The provided link to the study led to an error page, the journal it was attributed to did not feature a study with that title on the cited issue date, and Keyes denied ever authoring such a study. Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rfk-jr-maha-report-fake-research-studies-1235350468/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlygaga 1,776 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 Why did they have to call it “MAHA” all I can think of is Amanda Bynes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horny Chicken 10,944 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 Oh it’s healthy not hairy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zevthepaparazzo 2,460 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 Anything goes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaxboy 6,974 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 Why MAHA and not MOCHA? That reminds me of this tho: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meruk Holland 2,359 Posted May 30, 2025 Share Posted May 30, 2025 1 hour ago, skaxboy said: Why MAHA and not MOCHA? That reminds me of this tho: I thought that too for a minute, but reread it. MAHA (Make America Healthy Again): Make our children healthy again report. It's super clunky, redundant naming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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