Analysis-'MAHA' calls for limits on food ads to kids likely to face industry opposition

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission event, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

(Reuters) -A White House call to curtail the marketing of unhealthy food to children would be vulnerable to industry lobbying that killed previous government efforts, nutrition and public health experts said.

U.S. President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission, established in February and led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is tasked with investigatingwhat its supporters call an epidemic of childhood disease.