The Departments of Well being and Human Companies and Schooling March 5 introduced a brand new initiative to extend diet schooling in medical faculties starting this fall for the following educational yr. The businesses introduced commitments from 53 faculties for the program, which is able to present at the very least 40 hours of diet schooling or a 40-hour competency equal for medical college students. HHS additionally introduced $5 million in funding for a multi-phase schooling problem by the Nationwide Institutes of Well being to help medical faculties, nursing residency, diet science and dietitian applications that combine diet schooling into their curricula. Moreover, HHS mentioned that Public Well being Service officers will likely be required to finish nutrition-focused persevering with schooling hours as a part of their profession improvement
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