ORANGE PARK, Fla. – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean met with higher education and hospital leaders Wednesday for a closed roundtable at Lincoln Memorial University about Florida institutions joining two federal nutrition initiatives.
The roundtable brought a national health policy discussion to Clay County, focusing on efforts to expand nutrition education in medical schools and improve food served in hospitals.
HHS’ Advancing Nutrition Education initiative encourages medical schools to provide at least 40 hours of nutrition education across four years, or an equivalent competency-based program, beginning in fall 2026. The department says 80 institutions across 36 states have committed…