RFK Jr. backs meat-based diet, overhauls to U.S. guidelines
Date postedMarch 2, 2026
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FMI President and CEO Leslie Sarasin
Elizabeth Doughman
U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed animal protein and healthy fats during fireside chat that opened the 2026 Annual Meat Conference, stating that the nation's chronic disease epidemic is rooted in faulty nutrition science.
"We have the sickest population in the world," Kennedy claimed. "We have the highest chronic disease burden in the world."