U.S. Medical Schools Must Now Teach Nutrition Under New HHS Rules

U.S. Medical Schools Must Now Teach Nutrition Under New HHS Rules

Madison Cain
Madison Cain•
• 1 Min.
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HHS recently demanded that medical schools teach nutrition, and that the organizations in charge of medical education standards had two weeks to come up with plans to teach it, and include it in licensing exams and residency requirements. Two local medical schools say they're ready - because they have included nutrition as part of their curricula for years.