In order to tackle the America’s chronic disease epidemic and improve the doctors’ knowledge on nutrition education, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday launched a new partnership with more than 50 medical schools across the country on teaching nutrition education.
According to a fact sheet on the HHS website, the competency program features 71 requirements for students to reach, including understanding “the principles of a balanced diet according to the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” which the White House disclosed on January. Some parts of the new dietary guidelines have received praise from medical and dietary figures, but there have been questions about and criticism of Kennedy’s “upside-down” food pyramid. The HHS secretary and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins have also headed up a movement to limit the buying of foods like soda and candy by recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Kennedy has historically slammed additives in food and food that is ultra-processed and pledged to end what he has referred to as “war on saturated fats.”
The fact sheet also stated that $5 million is being put toward medical and health education programs that incorporate nutrition education in their instruction by HHS.
Source: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5769356-kennedy-launches-nutrition-education/
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