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US health department says 19 more medical schools pledge nutrition training requirements [View all]
Source: Reuters
June 8, 2026 4:13 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago
June 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that 19 additional medical schools pledged to require at least 40 hours of nutrition education, or an equivalent competency requirement, for students starting in fall 2026.
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Florida Atlantic University, the University of Maryland and the University of Massachusetts were among the medical schools that made the voluntary pledge. The new pledges bring the total number of participating medical schools to 73, after 54 schools joined the Trump administration's nutrition education effort earlier this year.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-health-department-says-19-more-medical-schools-pledge-nutrition-training-2026-06-08/
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