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BumRushDaShow

(173,502 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2026, 04:00 AM Jun 9

US health department says 19 more medical schools pledge nutrition training requirements

Source: Reuters

June 8, 2026 4:13 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago

June 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that ‌19 additional medical schools pledged to require at least 40 hours of nutrition education, or an equivalent competency requirement, ⁠for students starting in fall 2026.

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Florida Atlantic University, the University of Maryland and the University of Massachusetts were among the medical schools that made the voluntary pledge.
The new pledges bring the total number ‌of ⁠participating medical schools to 73, after 54 schools joined the Trump administration's nutrition education effort earlier this ⁠year.

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US health department says 19 more medical schools pledge nutrition training requirements (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jun 9 OP

Is the education based on the MAHA food pyramid? RockCreek Jun 9 #1

My thought exactly Freddie Jun 9 #2

Don't they mean I N D O C T R I N A T I O N? littlemissmartypants Jun 9 #3

Sigh lonely bird Jun 9 #4

RockCreek

(1,631 posts)

1. Is the education based on the MAHA food pyramid?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 04:08 AM

Jun 9

Great idea in principle, but I don't expect anything coming from this regime to actually be scientifically or reality based.

Freddie

(10,184 posts)

2. My thought exactly

Reply to RockCreek (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 05:32 AM

Jun 9

Actual nutrition or RFK bullshit?

littlemissmartypants

(35,428 posts)

3. Don't they mean I N D O C T R I N A T I O N?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 05:39 AM

Jun 9

AKA suppression of independent thought. Another... WTF day ahead, I see.

Love you, BRDS. ❤️

lonely bird

(3,116 posts)

4. Sigh

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 10:21 AM

Jun 9

I want my neurosurgeon or my oncologist or my gastroenterologist to know enough that they should consult with dieticians/nutritionists. They are part of the entire concept of health. I don’t want them making these decisions after taking a couple of classes in med school. Yeah, I know 40 hours is not a couple of classes.

Team healthcare is critically important. Taking dieticians/nutritionists onto a team should be required from here on out. They should be treated as specialists in their field including having to take PDH/CEUs. This also includes government oversight of the supplements industry.

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