(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, along with the U.S. Department of Education, announced this week an initiative urging medical education organizations to implement extensive nutrition education and training.

Each year, 1 million Americans die from diet-related diseases, even though the U.S. spends over $4 trillion annually on chronic disease and mental care, an HHS press release states.

“Although all medical schools claim to include nutrition in their curricula, most medical students report receiving no formal nutrition education throughout their entire training,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a statement.

The HHS is calling for reform of nutrition education across the medical education industry. The dep

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