US EditionHHS, Department of Education Call for Integration of Nutrition Education in Medical Schools
The U.S. Departments of Health and Education urge medical schools to include mandatory nutrition training to combat diet-related chronic diseases causing over 1 million deaths annually.
- The U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services urged medical schools to implement comprehensive nutrition education and submit plans detailing scope and milestones.
- Amid that burden, medical students report about 1.2 hours of formal nutrition instruction per year, with three-fourths of U.S. medical schools lacking required clinical nutrition classes and only 14% of residency programs requiring nutrition.
- Kennedy argues reforms would save hundreds of billions and prevent millions of chronic diseases, while government experts estimate more than 1 million diet-related deaths yearly.
- The Association of American Medical Colleges said this month that nutrition training has been insufficient even as some schools report covering it, and doctors and professors from over 30 universities proposed 36 nutritional competencies, but enforcement and funding consequences remain unclear.
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Secretary RFK Jr. has issued a nationwide mandate requiring all accredited medical schools to submit detailed nutrition education plans by September 10. The initiative aims to correct what he described as a “critical failure” in the training of American physicians, where nutrition is often neglected despite being foundational to health outcomes. “Medical schools talk about nutrition but fail to teach it… We demand immediate, measurable reforms t…
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HHS, Department of Education announce nutrition reforms
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Education, announced this week an initiative urging medical education organizations to implement extensive nutrition education and training.
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RFK Jr. to Med Schools: Add Nutrition Classes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's giving U.S. medical schools less than two weeks to "immediately" add comprehensive nutrition classes to their curricula. Kennedy previously threatened to deny schools federal funding if they didn't increase their nutrition course offerings. "Medical schools talk about nutrition but fail to teach it," Kennedy said Wednesday in a release. "We demand immediate, measurable reforms t…
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HHS, Department of Education Call for Integration of Nutrition Education in Medical Schools
THURSDAY, Aug. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Education announced an initiative Wednesday urging medical schools to integrate nutrition education and training.
HHS, Department of Education announce initiative urging nutrition education and training
Each year, 1 million Americans die from diet-related diseases, even though the U.S. spends over $4 trillion annually on chronic disease and mental care, an HHS press release states.
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American College of Lifestyle Medicine supports HHS call for urgent nutrition education reform in U.S. medical schools
Since it was founded in 2004, ACLM has delivered more than 1.2 million hours of nutrition and lifestyle medicine education to physicians and other health professionals.
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