The CDC Division I Spent 15 Years Building Is in Peril

by William H. Dietz, MD, PHD

Dr. William Dietz, former CDC obesity division director, argues that MAHA's chronic disease goals are undermined by proposed cuts to CDC's obesity prevention programs. He warns that a nearly 70% budget cut to DNPAO, combined with a plan to fold it into a new agency, would strip states and health providers of the surveillance tools and community programs needed to fight the obesity epidemic.