RFK Jr. claims credit for Big Pharma’s success in obesity decline

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the nationwide drop in obesity rates as a victory for his Make America Healthy Again movement, but credit likely should go to the pharmaceutical companies he derides for producing GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

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