Medical schools boost nutrition education in response to RFK Jr.

Published November 6, 2025 12:01am ET



Medical educators are responding to the call from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to better incorporate nutrition-based medical education into their curricula, a pillar of his Make America Healthy Again agenda.

The Association of American Medical Colleges, the largest nonprofit association representing medical educators, on Thursday called upon the deans and faculty members of medical schools across the country to evaluate their institutions’ current practices on nutrition education and identify more opportunities to integrate nutrition into their curricula. 

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