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.
• HHS and the Department of Education also said eight medical accrediting, testing and board organizations committed to strengthening nutrition training across medical education, testing and residency programs.
(Reporting by Kunal Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)
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