About a fourth of U.S. medical schools will expand their nutrition education offerings this autumn as part of a deal with the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have pursued the deal as part of Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, which promotes healthy eating and has also underpinned Kennedy’s actions to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
Under the voluntary commitment, 52 medical schools will administer 40 hours of nutrition education or a 40-hour competency equivalent starting in autumn 2026, said the official. The Trump administration will not dictate the curriculum, the official said.
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