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Fitness Influencer Jillian Michaels Asks Karoline Leavitt About MAHA Health Improvement Goals
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5/23/2025
During Thursday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about MAHA research initiatives.
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questions. And here in our new media seat today, we have Jillian Michaels. She's a
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renowned personal health expert. I know all of you know her. I certainly do, watching
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fitness videos growing up. And a media powerhouse who has continued to expand
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her reach with her podcast, Keeping It Real. Jillian, I know you're here
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today for the Make America Healthy Again event. We're proud to welcome you
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to the White House. Thanks for being in the briefing. Why don't you go ahead? Thank you for having me.
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As a Maha mom yourself, how do you interpret
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the significance of this report in terms of delivering
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measurable health improvements for Americans and their kids? And
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what specific actions does the administration plan to take
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in response to it? Sure. Well, thank you for the question. Again, thank you very much
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for being here. I would like to emphasize, we held a call earlier
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today with Secretary Kennedy, Secretary Rollins, Administrator Zeldin,
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and other officials at Health and Human Services to talk about the gravity of this
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report. When the president took office, he promised to make this country
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healthy again. And the president signed an executive order directing this commission.
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And now, less than 100 days later, the commission is delivering this report.
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It's another promise made and another promise kept.
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And the report identifies four major factors that are contributing to the rise in childhood
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chronic disease. Again, this is the first time the federal government has really recognized
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in a single report that we have a problem in our country. Our children are getting sicker,
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not healthier. This is not just a crisis, a health crisis, but it poses national security
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implications as well. And this administration is focused on ensuring we understand why.
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The four factors contributing to the report, as you will all hear from the president later,
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are number one, poor diet, a robust discussion about ultra-processed food that are dominating
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our children's diets, environmental chemical exposure, plastics, and other chemicals that
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are unfortunately a part of our daily American life. It talks about the lack of physical activity
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and chronic stress, and how technology-driven lifestyles are contributing to the decline
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of our children's physical and mental health. And then lastly, the report touches on the over-medicalization
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that's taking place in our American society. Nowhere else in the world, but just right here
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in the United States of America. And the report directs the entire administration to understand
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why these issues are happening and what public policy can the administration implement to ensure
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that we are fostering a more healthy country for our children. So I'll leave it at that and let the
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president and his team speak more about this historic report later. But this should be good news for
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everyone. I don't care what your politics are. We should all agree that we want our children to be
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healthy and safe. And we want our food supply to be healthy and safe. We have the best farmers and
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ranchers in the world right here in the United States of America. And we have the best workers in
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the world. We have the best people in the world. But unfortunately, we have a health crisis that's been
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plaguing us for too long. And this report speaks to the heart of it. You're welcome. Thanks for being here.
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