U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is calling for a major shift in how future doctors are trained, unveiling a new initiative to ensure nutrition becomes a core part of medical education.

"Right now, only about 15% of doctors say that they feel competent to give nutrition advice," Kennedy noted. He emphasized that diet can play a transformative role in health outcomes, adding: "You can reverse up to 50% of diabetes cases just by changing the diet."

The initiative aims to close a longstanding gap in medical training, where nutrition often receives minimal attention compared to pharmacology and other specialties. Advocates argue that equipping doctors with stronger knowledge of diet and lifestyle medicine could reduce chronic disease rates and lower healthcare costs.

Medical schools are now being encouraged to adopt expanded curricula that highlight the role of food in preventing and reversing illness. If widely implemented, the program could reshape how physicians approach conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.