The Trump administration is pursuing ways to require medical schools to boost nutrition education, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said is key to addressing chronic disease.
During a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Kennedy said that he and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are collaborating on “forcing” medical schools and accreditors to include nutrition studies. Kennedy has campaigned for greater diet-related studies since he first joined President Donald Trump’s team last fall.
“If you come out of a medical school under the Trump administration, you are going to know about diet,” Kennedy said during the cabinet meeting broadcast on CSPAN.
Kennedy argued in the meeting that doctors are not equipped to treat illnesses with diet changes and instead prescribe drugs.
In 1985, the National Academy of Sciences recommended at least 25 hours of nutrition studies in medical school. However, a 2010 survey of accredited medical schools found that only 27 percent met that recommendation.
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