'Healthy snack time' with elementary school students launched by Secretaries Rollins, RFK Jr.

The secretaries met with students and cafeteria staff at Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School to talk about healthy food choices and improving children's wellness.

"As part of the MAHA Commission led by Secretary Kennedy, this work will not only research and report the many reasons children face unbelievable rates of diet-related diseases like obesity and diabetes, but how government can implement change through things like revised dietary policy, state innovation, and less regulation," said a press release sent exclusively to Fox News Digital.

The MAHA Commission was initiated by HHS and USDA in the current Trump administration to advance a variety of initiatives and work with states on legislation to make schools healthier for America's children. 

From 2017 to 2020, the prevalence of obesity among U.S. children and adolescents was 19.7%, with 14.7 million children aged 2-19 years having obesity, according to the CDC.

Secretary Rollins and Kennedy announced in March they would be releasing the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans report ahead of its deadline.

An initiative of the MAHA Commission is promoting whole and healthy foods sourced from local farms. 

"Our farmers, ranchers, and producers dedicate their lives to growing the safest, most abundant food supply in the world, and we need to make sure our kids and families are consuming the healthiest food we produce. There is a chronic health problem in our country, and American agriculture is at the core of the solution," said Sec. Rollins in the release sent to Fox News Digital.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was acknowledged for supporting the MAHA movement, as a variety of bills have been put forward in the Old Dominion state.

Sec. Kennedy said in the release that he "enocurages every governor to champion legislation that bans ultra-processed foods and dyes in public schools."