Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are calling on medical schools to provide nutrition education to students, pointing to data that many medical students receive less than two hours of nutrition instruction.
Nutrition requirements should be embedded across various facets of schooling for medical students, including the medical licensing examination and residency, officials said on Aug. 27.
“Medical schools talk about nutrition but fail to teach it,” Kennedy said in a statement. “We demand immediate, measurable reforms to embed nutrition education across every stage of medical training, hold institutions accountable for progress, and equip every future physician with the tools to prevent disease—not just treat it.”…