🐄 Healthy Again: MAHA's "ground zero"

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Iowa has the highest cancer rates of any state in the country. Former HHS senior adviser Calley Means called it "ground zero" for the Make America Healthy Again movement at a rally outside Des Moines this week, asking why the place we think of when we think of American agriculture also has the highest cancer burden.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn has made the issue central to his campaign, connecting Iowa's farm economy to the health of its residents. The connection between what farmers grow, what ends up on shelves, and what happens to the people eating it is not a side issue. It is the issue, and Iowa is where the MAHA movement believes real change can be made.

Close to three-quarters of Americans support regulating chemicals and additives in food, according to a University of Pennsylvania study. The number holds whether someone backs the MAHA movement or not. Labeling ultra-processed foods (foods made mostly from industrial ingredients you would not find in a home kitchen) had the highest support at 80 percent. Removing processed foods from school lunches ranked near the top for everyone.

The finding matters because it suggests food reform is not going away, even if the political landscape shifts in the coming years.

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Since 1998, the rules for what goes into infant formula have barely changed. On Thursday, the FDA proposed new nutrient requirements that would adjust limits for iodine, vitamins A and D, and manganese. For the first time, there would be a cap on manganese. The agency says this is phase one of a three-part review covering all 30 required nutrients.

The push traces back to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who launched Operation Stork Speed in March 2025. Formula has been a target for the health movement because of concerns about added sugar and low nutritional quality.

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