The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education have announced a set of reforms that officials say will help reshape the future of American medicine. At the center of the effort is a push to place nutrition firmly within medical education.
According to the announcement, nine of the nation's leading medical accreditors, certifying boards, testing organizations and educational institutions are taking concrete action to put nutrition back at the center of how doctors are trained. Officials presented the step as a coordinated move across the bodies that shape medical training.
Among the organizations highlighted were the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, alongside other accreditors and educational bodies named at the event.
Officials framed the reforms as part of a broader effort to, in their words, put good food at the center of the American plate. The push was tied to the administration's Make America Healthy Again agenda, often referred to as MAHA.
The announcement was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appeared alongside Dr. Oz to lay out the changes. The officials described the reforms as major and aimed at the long-term direction of medical training in the country.
Kennedy also thanked Congressman Aaron Bean for his leadership on the issue and on other MAHA priorities. He recounted that Bean said he had changed his own diet as a result of his involvement, even joking that the congressman had cut his finger while making a salad, a reminder that even real food can carry small risks.