Overview

• The 20-page report launches an NIH Initiative on Chronic Disease and directs creation of an integrated research dataset linking claims, electronic health records and wearable data, including for autism studies.
• It instructs the White House Domestic Policy Council and HHS to craft a vaccine framework that sets the best childhood schedule, investigates injuries and emphasizes what it calls scientific and medical freedom.
• Nutrition actions include defining ultra-processed food, offering full-fat milk in school cafeterias, revising dietary guidelines, limiting certain food dyes, and expanding breastfeeding and donor human milk access.
• Regulatory moves on agrochemicals are minimal as EPA is tasked with boosting public confidence in pesticide reviews and promoting precision application, alongside deregulatory steps favored by farm groups.
• The strategy seeks tougher enforcement on direct-to-consumer drug marketing and illegal vapes and calls for research into excessive screen time, as agency turmoil and data-privacy and implementation questions persist.