2026年3月5日 11:06 UTC / 路透社
- 摘要
- 该协议是特朗普”让美国再次健康”议程的一部分
- 52所医学院将提供40小时营养学教育
- 联邦官员称特朗普政府不会支配课程设置
华盛顿3月5日电（路透社）- 美国卫生与公众服务部一位高级官员表示，作为与唐纳德·特朗普总统政府达成的协议的一部分，约四分之一的美国医学院将于今年秋季扩大营养学教育项目。
卫生部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪（Robert F. Kennedy Jr.）和教育部长琳达·麦卡恩（Linda McMahon）为推动这一协议，该协议是特朗普”让美国再次健康”议程的一部分，该议程倡导健康饮食，并为肯尼迪全面改革联邦疫苗政策的行动提供了支持。
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根据该自愿承诺，52所医学院将从2026年秋季开始提供40小时的营养学教育或等效的40小时能力培养课程，该官员表示。特朗普政府不会支配课程设置，该官员称。
肯尼迪表示，此类营养学教育对于更好地使医生能够就与饮食相关的慢性病向患者提供建议是必要的。
美国约有200所经认证的医学院，其中约160所授予医学博士学位，其余的授予骨科医学博士学位。
该官员表示，参与自愿承诺的大多数学校是授予医学博士学位的机构，但没有详细说明具体比例。
上周在华盛顿发表讲话时，肯尼迪描述了与医学院、考试管理机构和认证机构合作设计该协议的过程。
他表示，一些医学院犹豫是因为他们认为该协议带有党派色彩。特朗普政府已努力影响高等教育，例如以削减联邦资金相威胁，针对大学的多元化项目和变性学生政策，引发了对言论自由和学术自由的担忧。
“很多学校不愿意参与，因为他们认为这是特朗普的项目，”肯尼迪在2月24日由全国县协会举办的会议上说。
“我们已经能够说服他们，不存在共和党孩子或民主党孩子这样的情况。我们都希望我们的孩子健康。”
利娅·道格拉斯（Leah Douglas）在华盛顿报道；马修·刘易斯（Matthew Lewis）编辑
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Some US medical schools to teach nutrition under government deal
March 5, 2026 11:06 AM UTC / Reuters
- Summary
- Deal part of Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda
- Fifty-two medical schools to offer 40 hours of nutrition education
- Trump administration will not dictate curriculum, says federal official
WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – About a fourth of U.S. medical schools will expand their nutrition education offerings this autumn as part of a deal with the administration of President Donald Trump, according to a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have pursued the deal as part of Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, which promotes healthy eating and has also underpinned Kennedy’s actions to overhaul federal vaccine policy.
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Under the voluntary commitment, 52 medical schools will administer 40 hours of nutrition education or a 40-hour competency equivalent starting in autumn 2026, said the official. The Trump administration will not dictate the curriculum, the official said.
Kennedy has said such nutrition education is necessary to better equip doctors to advise patients on diet-related chronic disease.
There are about 200 accredited medical schools in the U.S., roughly 160 of which offer doctor of medicine degrees. The remainder offer doctor of osteopathic medicine degrees.
The majority of the schools joining the voluntary commitment are MD-granting institutions, said the official, without elaborating on the breakdown.
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Speaking in Washington last week, Kennedy described working with medical schools, exam administrators and accreditors to design the agreement.
He said some medical schools hesitated because they perceived the deal to be partisan. The Trump administration has made efforts to influence higher education, like threatening to cut federal funding to universities over diversity programs and policies for transgender students, raising concerns about free speech and academic freedom.
“A lot of them didn’t want to do it because they thought it was a Trump program,” Kennedy said on February 24 at a conference held by the National Association of Counties.
“We’ve been able to convince them that there’s no such thing as Republican children or Democratic children. We all want our kids to be healthy.”
Reporting by Leah Douglas in Washington; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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