RFK Jr. asks medical schools to boost nutrition education for doctors

Published August 27, 2025 10:47am ET



The Trump administration is angling to overhaul the medical education system by improving nutrition and healthy lifestyle education for physicians and other healthcare providers as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday announced that his department, along with the Education Department, is requesting that medical education institutions require nutrition curricula at every stage in the process of becoming a physician.

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