Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy was joined by boxing legend Mike Tyson, medical experts and other Trump administration officials Wednesday as they laid out additional details about a revamped food pyramid they said will "fix" chronic health conditions among American children.
Kennedy said the new food pyramid, announced in January, will help combat rising rates of obesity, diabetes and metabolic disorders among the nation's children.
"This is not a small crisis," he said. "This is the defining health crisis of our time."
The new guidelines place more emphasis on protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables and whole grains, guidance from the administration said. It calls for people to avoid highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.
Kennedy took issue with previous administrations for allowing billions of dollars in food subsidies to go toward what he described as "ultraprocessed" food items
