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US President Donald Trump
At least four studies cited in the report on chronic diseases that affect young Americans, published last week by the government led by Donald Trump, do not exist. The complaint was made by the authors mentioned in the document.
The report “Make America Healthy Again”in a reference to Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” [“Engrandecer de Novo a América”, em português]published on May 22, was commissioned by Donald Trump.
Precisely a week later, authors cited in the document reported that the Report on health of young people cites nonexistent sources.
The document points to a link between ultra -processed foods, pesticides and screens, and chronic diseases that affect children. Also Launches questions about vaccines.
However, the study attributed the articles OA Scientists who say they have not written themreported the agency France-Presse (AFP).
The errors were first reported by Notus, an affiliated communication vehicle at Allbritton Journalism Institute, a non -profit organization.
Nonexistent articles
Noah Krekiresearcher at Columbia University and author of an article on anxiety and depression in adolescents during Covid-19, assured AFP that a quote that was attributed to it “it was not from any of my studies” And actually it didn’t seem to belong to any existing study.
The same quote points to a defective internet link, allegedly redirecting the reader to an article of a respected scientific journal, the Journal of the American Medical Association (Jama).
Jim Michalskithe association’s press officer, assured AFP that this article not published in the magazine or in any of the Jama network magazines.
Harold FarberProfessor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and quoted in the report, said the article assigned to him “It doesn’t exist”.
Similarly, Virginia Commonwealth University confirmed that its teacher Robert Findling was not the author of an article that promoted the use of psychotropic drugs for young peopleas the report states.
Finally, an article about treatments for people with attention deficit It was not published in Pediatrics magazine in 2008as stated by the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Health, Robert Kennedy Jr.
“I can confirm that We didn’t find this title in a search on a website“ Alex HulvalchickSecretary of Press of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The US Department of Health refused to comment and referred questions about these alleged errors to the White House.
The disclosure of the “Make America Healthy Again” report was expected with great expectation by health professionals due to the sensitivity and complexity of the issue, as well as the central role played by Robert Kennedy Jr., who has been criticized for his anti -vacin stance.
