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RFK Jr. to announce new effort to advance nutrition education at America's schools
- RFK Jr. announced new reforms to put nutrition at the center of medical education nationwide.
- About 15% of exam content across the medical licensing process will assess nutrition science.
- The NIH launched a $2.1 million challenge to improve nutrition integration in medical training.
- Kennedy urged schools to commit to 40 hours of nutrition education across four years.
- The initiative aims to expand nutrition education across the medical continuum nationwide.
- Around 73 medical schools have joined the nutrition education pledge.
- 36 states are working with the initiative to enhance nutrition education.
- The effort links nutrition to preventing diet-related chronic diseases.
- The initiative includes collaboration with CMS and university researchers.
- The push comes amid data on diet-related deaths and physician preparedness.
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