US EditionRobert F. Kennedy Jr. Pushes Increased Nutrition Education for Doctors
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urges U.S. medical schools to expand nutrition education to 40 hours, with 52 schools volunteering amid concerns of inadequate training.
- On Thursday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 53 medical schools will require 40 hours of nutrition education for graduates.
- After months of outreach, Kennedy has long argued physicians are undertrained in nutrition, and HHS circulated a January letter listing 71 topics for medical schools to consider.
- The initiative asks medical schools to review nutrition training, appoint a faculty lead, and publish plans to reach 40 hours, while HHS allocated $5 million to support programs; only seven schools previously met the 40-hour benchmark.
- Physicians and professional health societies largely praised the initiative and Bobby Mukkamala, president of the American Medical Association, endorsed prevention focus, while critics raised concerns about HHS and Department of Education funding pressure.
- Kennedy called the change a `transformative breakthrough`, and officials said it could reshape training for roughly 30,000 new doctors each year to better prevent chronic diseases.
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