40% Of The 73 Million Children In The U.S. Have At Least One Chronic Condition

More than 40% of the 73 million children in the United States have at least one chronic condition, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as reported by the Trump Administration’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission in its new report focused on children’s health. The report characterized the findings as “an unprecedented health crisis” and cited the most common chronic conditions as asthma, allergies, autoimmune diseases, behavioral health disorders, and obesity.

The report cited the following concerns:

Slightly more than 20% of youth aged 5 to 19 in 2022 had obesity . . .