{"id":2390474,"date":"2025-01-15T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trumps-initiatives-could-make-america-healthy-again\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T09:37:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:37:27","slug":"melania-trumps-initiatives-could-make-america-healthy-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/melania-trumps-initiatives-could-make-america-healthy-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump&#8217;s Initiatives Could &#8216;Make America Healthy Again&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmelania-trumps-initiatives-could-make-america-healthy-again%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Incoming First Lady Melania Trump announced plans to expand her &#8220;Be Best&#8221; initiative during a recent \u200cinterview with Fox News, emphasizing her commitment to child \u200dwellness. She expressed optimism about the\u2062 upcoming years \u200cand the \u200bpotential to \u2064tackle various issues, including childhood obesity, which aligns\u2062 with her husbandS governance&#8217;s &#8220;Make America Healthy Again&#8221;\u200c campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Trump highlighted the lack of support she faced during her previous tenure as first Lady, especially from social media platforms, and voiced\u2063 her\u2064 hope that collaborative efforts could effectively address children&#8217;s mental health and social media use.\u2064 Additionally, she is preparing for a second term with a documentary\u200b in the works following her accomplished memoir.<\/p>\n<p>Health\u200d reform \u200badvocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. supports her initiative, underscoring the growing health\u2062 crises among American youth, such as \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonderful-or-worrisome-what-to-know-about-new-weight-loss-drugs\/\" title=\"New weight loss drugs: Amazing or alarming? Essential information to consider.\">rising obesity rates<\/a> \u2063and mental health\u2062 issues. He posits that addressing these challenges \u200ccould unite the country\u200c and fulfill a critical need in health care.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts,like Dr.Christopher Palmer, emphasize the importance of focusing on nutrition for \u200bimproving children&#8217;s\u2063 physical and mental health, suggesting that recent advancements\u2064 in nutrition \u200dscience could significantly enhance the effectiveness\u200d of\u200c future initiatives. They argue that while the previous administration&#8217;s \u200defforts faced\u200b challenges, a new approach could yield better \u2063results in combating childhood \u2062obesity\u200d and related health problems.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Incoming First Lady Melania Trump said she plans to &ldquo;expand&rdquo; her &ldquo;Be Best&rdquo; initiative in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/melania-trump-says-shell-expand-be-best-campaign-offer-advice-trump-we-have-lot-do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it will be an exciting four years, and we have a lot to do and put the country back in shape,&rdquo; she said, without offering details about what that expansion might include in her activism for child wellness.<\/p>\n<p>An obvious opportunity for expansion is a campaign to get the country literally back in shape, and succeed where her first predecessor failed.<\/p>\n<p>Any White House initiative to tackle childhood obesity would be a natural parallel with the administration&rsquo;s effort to &ldquo;make America healthy again.&rdquo; And if ever there were an issue to draw bipartisanship, the crusade which drew a pro-abortion Democrat from the presidential race and into a Republican cabinet as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary would be it.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said she was eager to continue her &ldquo;Be Best&rdquo; programs after Silicon Valley began to reform its antagonistic approach to a Republican-ran White House. Last time, she said about her first tenure as first lady, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have much support from anyone&rdquo; and recalled inviting &ldquo;all of the streaming platforms&rdquo; to a roundtable event.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have much support from them,&rdquo; she said, but asked viewers to &ldquo;imagine what we could do in those years if they will rally behind me and teach the children and protect them about social media and their mental health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The first lady-elect, however, is now looking forward to a second term with a behind-the-scenes Amazon documentary coming this year after the triumphant success of her memoir out last fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[LISTEN:[LISTEN:<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/melania-trumps-grand-return-to-the-white-house-what\/id983782306?i=1000676968412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melania Trump&rsquo;s Grand Return To The White House: What To Expect<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an exciting time,&rdquo; Trump said, while her husband&rsquo;s cabinet nominees brand the slogan &ldquo;Make America Healthy Again&rdquo; (MAHA) as a prerequisite to &ldquo;Mak[ing] America Great Again&rdquo; (MAGA) in a second term.<\/p>\n<p>In a September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/trump-can-make-america-healthy-again-rfk-jr-reforms-chronic-disease-crisis-a9b4b8c0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">op-ed<\/a> for The Wall Street Journal, environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. outlined how another Trump administration could reinvigorate the nation&rsquo;s health as &ldquo;Americans are becoming sicker, beset by illnesses that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-claims-trump-promised-him-control-of-usda-hhs-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. claims Trump promised him &#039;control&#039; of USDA, HHS - Washington Examiner\">medical system isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t addressing effectively.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Trump has made reforming broken institutions a cornerstone of his political life,&rdquo; Kennedy wrote, chronicling the crises confronting children and teens in particular, with nearly a third of the latter already prediabetic and nearly the same number on prescription drugs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is nothing more profitable for much of the healthcare system than a sick child,&rdquo; said Kennedy. President Trump &ldquo;has become the voice of countless Americans who have been let down by our elites. He could unite the country by making it his priority to make America healthy again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And so too could the first lady herself in her role spearheading the administration&rsquo;s initiatives for healthy children. As outlined in my new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fat-Unhappy-Positivity-Killing-Yourself\/dp\/B0DNJZLVZ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fat and Unhappy<\/a><\/em>, many of America&rsquo;s myriad medical crises, both physical and mental, are foodable rather than druggable. Americans, however, remain reliably confused about nutrition standards manipulated by the food and drug industries, which are now the target of reforms by Kennedy in the new administration. In other words, Americans are eager to stop being <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/11\/19\/americans-want-to-stop-being-fat-and-unhappy-but-dont-know-how\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fat and unhappy but don&rsquo;t know how<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Kennedy&rsquo;s platform includes reinstating the Presidential Fitness Test and mandating nutrition courses in medical schools, the potential new secretary of HHS is primarily in pursuit of bureaucratic reforms directed at the food and pharmaceutical industries. A new branch of initiatives from the White House embracing education and personal responsibility amid a renaissance in nutrition science, particularly in metabolic psychiatry, will be key to any presidential program to make America healthy again.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christopher Palmer, a Harvard clinical psychiatrist and author of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brain-Energy-Revolutionary-Understanding-Health-ebook\/dp\/B09SKPDT36?ref_=ast_author_dp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a> on the connection between brain health and metabolism, told The Federalist the MAHA movement presents the first lady a &ldquo;huge opportunity&rdquo; to &ldquo;improve the health of our children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And that means both mental health and physical health because those are inseparable,&rdquo; Palmer said in an interview. <\/p>\n<p>Palmer explained how nutrition science has developed in the 10 years since the launch of former First Lady Michelle Obama&rsquo;s campaign with a greater understanding of how <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-are-the-worst-frozen-foods-out-there-for-your-health\/\" title=\"These Are the Worst Frozen Foods Out There for Your Health\">ultra-processed food<\/a> impairs brain function<\/a>. While the Obama initiative was launched with good intentions, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/09\/19\/melania-trump-must-pick-up-where-michelle-obama-unsuccessfully-left-off-in-tackling-childhood-obesity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demonstrably unsuccessful<\/a> effort still <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/first-lady-michelle-obama-making-healthy-choice-easy-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">focused<\/a> too much on a broken calorie model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2015\/aug\/11\/obesity-junk-food-exercise-global-energy-balance-network-coca-cola\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promoted<\/a> by the food industry. When the Obama&rsquo;s swept into office in 2009, nearly 17 percent of children aged 2-19 were categorically obese. By 2017, that number grew to 19 percent, or nearly one in five. But children are not just heavier than they were 10 years ago, they are also <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8868033\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sadder<\/a>, both of which are increasingly recognized as a reflection of metabolic dysfunction driven primarily by unhealthy diets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the most important things that we&rsquo;ve learned in the last 10 years is that the foods that we eat, in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/helsinki-govt-to-stop-serving-meat-and-milk-to-fight-climate-change\/\" title=\"Helsinki Govt to Stop Serving Meat and Milk to Fight Climate Change\">ultra-processed foods<\/a>, impact the brain and that means they can play a role in mental health,&rdquo; Palmer said. <\/p>\n<p>The author of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brain-Energy-Revolutionary-Understanding-Health-ebook\/dp\/B09SKPDT36?ref_=ast_author_dp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brain Energy<\/a> <\/em>referenced two studies in particular, including a global analysis of roughly 300,000 participants whose mental health deteriorated from stress, sadness, and hopelessness, among other psychological issues, with higher consumption of ultra-processed food. Researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/sapienlabs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sapien_Processed-Food-Rapid-Report_2023-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> those who consumed ultra-processed foods had a 3-fold increase in the risk of poor mental well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Another paper mentioned by Dr. Palmer is a longitudinal study published in 2021 which investigated childhood body mass and insulin sensitivity related to long-term mental health outcomes. European researchers who examined more than 10,000 individuals from age 1 to 24 found children with high fasting insulin levels by nine years old were associated with experiencing psychosis by 24 while those with a premature increase on the body mass index had a higher association with depression at 24.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer characterized any campaign by the incoming first lady on childhood mental health that doesn&rsquo;t include some component of education around exercise and nutrition as &ldquo;highly ineffective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would sound good, it would be a lot of talk, but it likely would not move the needle for our children&rsquo;s health,&rdquo; he said, adding &ldquo;the most important thing she could do is educate&rdquo; on &ldquo;the role of nutrition in children&rsquo;s brain health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>What that education might look like will likely be controversial, but the administration would be wise to not rely on the incumbent dietary guidelines with <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/06\/05\/junk-science-health-experts-gaslight-americans-on-the-definition-of-ultra-processed-foods\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no warnings<\/a> against ultra-processed foods while endorsing low caps on dietary fat now <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/23\/rfk-jr-trashes-estrogenic-seed-oils-in-trump-endorsement-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeted <\/a>for reform. <\/p>\n<p>No number of responsible regulations and recalibrated nutrition standards ushered in by Kennedy, or anybody else, however, will change Americans&rsquo; health for them. Americans are going to have to learn how to &ldquo;be the change&rdquo; themselves and embrace healthier habits like smokers determined to quit cigarettes. That&rsquo;s where the new first lady&rsquo;s initiatives on childhood mental health present a generational opportunity for the Trump administration to succeed where the Obamas failed. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is a national correspondent for The Federalist and the co-author of &#8220;Fat and Unhappy: How &#8216;Body Positivity&#8217; Is Killing Us (and How to Save Yourself).&#8221; He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>. Buy &#8220;Fat and Unhappy&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sz7EDAJI1c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump aims to enhance her &#8220;Be Best&#8221; initiative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":2390475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melania-Trump.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48534,40203,40198,32423,32068],"class_list":["post-2390474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-first-lady-initiatives","tag-health-initiatives","tag-make-america-healthy-again","tag-melania-trump","tag-public-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Melania-Trump.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390478,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390474\/revisions\/2390478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}