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Boxing legend Mike Tyson will appear in a Super Bowl ad promoting healthy eating and speak in a TV spot in line with the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
“We are the most powerful country in the world, and we have the fattest, f**kiest people,” Tyson said in a 30-second ad posted on social media on February 6.
Tyson opens a black-and-white video in which he talks about how his 25-year-old sister died of a heart attack, saying her death was due to obesity, and ends by nibbling on an apple next to his son. The words “Processed Food Kills” and the popular MAHA slogan “Eat Real Food” were displayed on the screen. The ad ends with the name of the government’s website outlining the government’s newly revised food pyramid and dietary advice.
The ad was paid for by the nonprofit MAHA Center, an advocacy group led by Tony Lyons, one of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies.
Tyson also said in the ad that he used to “eat everything” and called himself “fat and dirty.” He said his nutrition-related “self-loathing” became so severe that he sometimes felt like hurting himself.
“We have to do something about processed food in this country,” Tyson said.
President Kennedy reshared the video on his social media pages, repeating the “eat real food” mantra and claiming it was the solution to America becoming “the sickest nation in the developed world.”
What is Maha?
The movement, which stands for “Make American Healthy Again,” has become a central element of the Kennedy-led Trump administration’s approach to health care policy.
Immediately after taking office in 2025, President Trump signed an executive order creating the Commission to Make America Healthy, with a number of goals to improve the health of Americans, including lowering rates of chronic disease in adults and children.
This movement is far-reaching and involves, in part, the use of artificial dyes in food, ultra-processed foods, and toxins. Doctors and other experts say some of MAHA’s recommendations, such as prioritizing fresh fruits and vegetables in the diet, are good guidelines for the country’s health.
But MAHA has also branched out into more controversial initiatives that have been criticized by many health experts and groups, including making significant changes to its vaccine recommendations and claims about the causes of autism.
Kennedy appeared alongside President Donald Trump in September to introduce new recommendations linking pregnant women who take Tylenol to children being diagnosed with autism, even though health organizations and other medical groups around the world say no conclusive link has been found.
Kennedy has long been a leading voice in the anti-vaccination community. In his first year leading HHS, he reshaped the government’s vaccine advisory committee, replacing independent experts with a number of appointees also aligned with MAHA’s agenda.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its revamped advisory committee weakened the government’s childhood vaccine recommendations, which traditionally underpin state mandates that dictate which shots students must receive before attending school.
Under Kennedy, the government also issued new guidelines for food and drug advertising and proposed proposals to increase breastfeeding rates through a “safe supply of donor human milk.”
Additionally, the Secretary made significant changes to HHS research. The ministry announced last year that it would scale back mRNA vaccine development activities under its biomedical research division.
Critics say some of Kennedy’s moves contradict established science, foster public distrust of mainstream medicine, and use his position to promote fringe views.
Contributed by: Reuters.
Kathryn Palmer is USA TODAY’s political reporter. She can be reached at the following address: kapalmer@usatoday.com And to X@Kathryn Purml. Sign up for her daily politics newsletter here.
