RFK Jr. Calls on Medical Schools to Ramp Up Nutrition Education

‘Medical schools talk about nutrition but fail to teach it,’ the health secretary said.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are calling on medical schools to provide nutrition education to students, pointing to data that many medical students receive less than two hours of nutrition instruction.

Nutrition requirements should be embedded across various facets of schooling for medical students, including the medical licensing examination and residency, officials said on Aug. 27.