By Ahmed Aboulenein, Leah Douglas and Michael Erman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A commission led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday issued a report that said processed food, chemicals, stress and overprescription of medications and vaccines may be factors behind chronic illness in American children.
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