HHS is hosting an event to recognize the next cohort of medical schools participating in the Advancing Nutrition Education Across the Medical Continuum Initiative and to announce new nutrition related commitments from accreditors, assessors and standards development organizations.
Secretary Kennedy: “Nine of the nation’s leading medical accreditors, certifying boards, testing organizations, and educational institutions are taking concrete action to put nutrition back where it belongs — at the center of medical education.”
“Today represents one of the most important course-corrections in modern American medicine.”“For the first time, nutrition science will have a meaningful presence across all three steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.”“Approximately 15% of content across the examination sequence will assess nutrition science and its clinical application using evidence-based standards.
MAHA WIN: 19 additional medical schools have signed the Trump administration’s nutrition education pledge.Secretary Kennedy: “With these commitments, 73 medical schools across the country have now joined the pledge.”
HHS just launched a new $2.1 million NIH challenge to identify, reward, and scale the most effective approaches for integrating nutrition into medical and nursing education. This is the first phase of a $5 million initiative led by NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and the Director of the Office of Nutrition Research Dr. Drew Bremer
The problem? 90% of healthcare spending goes to chronic disease.The solution? EAT REAL FOOD
About 77% of American children can no longer quality for military service. Secretary Kennedy: “These numbers make one thing clear: We cannot solve the chronic diseases burden without addressing nutrition
Past administrations recognized it. The Trump Administration finally did something about it. Secretary Kennedy: “Under President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, we are putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of healthcare.”
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