Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins touted the Trump administration signing three more states to food choice waivers Tuesday, telling Newsmax it’s another positive step toward battling the nation’s chronic disease crisis.

The waiver expands the list of unhealthy food and drinks — sugary drinks like soda, for example — that will be excluded as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP].

“You know, America, even though we are the wealthiest nation … we’re also the sickest nation of all the developed countries. And that’s a real problem,” Rollins said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “Seventy-five percent of our teenagers are not military fit, meaning mentally, physically, or whatever it may be. The chronic disease crisis is overrunning our population. I mean, it is one scary statistic after another, Rob.

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