RFK Jr. touts IHS funding at tribal conference while spreading false claims about diabetes

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 865

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a crowd of Native American leaders on Wednesday that cutting out “ultra-processed” foods would reverse high rates of diabetes within their communities.

Joined on stage by his new upside-down food pyramid at Gila River Indian Community’s Wild Horse Pass Casino, Kennedy mentioned the high incidences of Type 2 diabetes within Arizona’s Indigenous communities.

“Type 2 diabetes is curable,” he said. “You can …

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