RFK Jr.: The most existential threat that our country faces today is this chronic disease epidemic

"The most existential threat that our country faces today is this chronic disease epidemic. When my uncle was president, I was a 10-year-old boy. 6% of Americans had chronic disease. 3% were obese. We spent zero dollars every year treating chronic disease, zero.

Today, 60% of Americans have chronic disease. About 70% are obese or overweight. Do you know how many people are obese and overweight in Japan? 3%. Same as here in 1963. We have 70%. 77% of American kids cannot qualify for military service. The diabetes rates in our country have gone from virtually zero.

When I was a kid, the average pediatrician saw one case of diabetes in his entire 50-year career. Today, one out of every three children who walk through his office store is diabetic or pre-diabetic. When I was a kid, and today, and 70-year-old men, one in 10,000 people had autism. Today, one in every 34 of our children have autism. One in every 22 boys.

This is existential for our country. We're spending $4.3 trillion on chronic disease. That's five times our military budget. This is going to destroy our country unless we have a president who's going to end it forever. And that's why I am fighting every waking moment for the next 15 days to make sure that Donald Trump is elected president of the United States."