(Reuters) – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental and anti-vaccine activist, has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, the United States’ top health agency.

The following are some of the main policy positions Kennedy has taken in recent months in editorials, tweets and interviews:

Vaccines

Kennedy has criticized vaccines, including making false medical claims that vaccines are linked to autism. He opposed state and federal restrictions on COVID-19. However, he told Reuters that every American who wants a vaccine for themselves or their children will have access to it.

Processed foods

Kennedy calls for a ban on hundreds of food additives and chemicals. He called for removing ultra-processed foods from school lunches as part of a goal to reduce the incidence of diet-related chronic diseases.

Nutrition guide

He said the Food and Drug Administration’s nutrition department that handles nutrition labels on foods “has got to go. They are not doing their job. It does not protect our children”.

Medications for weight loss

Kennedy criticized Novo Nordisk’s popular drug NOVOb.CO Ozempic, which is often prescribed for weight loss, saying it focuses on the symptoms of the obesity crisis rather than repairing the food system and that the drugs “lighten the wallets” of pharmaceutical executives.

Drug research

Kennedy said half of the research budgets at the National Institutes of Health should be directed toward preventive, alternative, and holistic approaches to health.

Raw milk

Kennedy wants to end the FDA’s “war on public health,” including what he called the “aggressive crackdown” on psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk and more.

fluorine

He called for the removal of fluoride from public water.

Medical schools

He said nutrition courses should be required at federally funded medical schools.

Farms

He called for a review of standards on pesticides and other chemicals, as well as reform of crop subsidies.

(Reporting by Michael Erman and Deena Beasley; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)