Over 50 medical schools will pledge Thursday to boost their nutrition education amid a push from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies.
Kennedy has frequently argued medical schools fail to equip future doctors with the ability to help prevent chronic diseases through better eating habits, and the administration has been in talks with schools to increase such training. More than 50 schools have agreed to assess their current curriculum and post plans for reaching roughly 40 hours of nutrition education or an equivalent starting this coming fall, according to senior health officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to ground rules set by the administration.
