3.0.0 5350 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z 2023-01-14T22:48:39Z House H HR 2004-10-08 108 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2004-10-08T19:15:25Z Referred to 2004-10-08T13:04:10Z 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2004-10-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-10-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 N Health Agriculture and Food Curricula Diet Dietary supplements Eating disorders Economics and Public Finance Education Educational accountability Educational planning Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Health counseling Health education Herbs Higher education Medical education Nutrition Nutritionally induced diseases Obesity Preventive medicine School administration Health 00 2004-10-08 Introduced in House 2004-12-02T15:51:31Z Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to schools of medicine to integrate innovative curricula on nutrition into medical education. Requires the Secretary to ensure that such curricula focus on preventive health measures, including : (1) education on the causes, treatment, and prevention of obesity; (2) office education and counseling to ensure an appropriate diet for mostly healthy people; (3) prevention and treatment of common nutritional deficiencies; (4) the appropriate and inappropriate use of herbs and supplements; (5) office recognition and treatment of common eating disorders; and (6) identification of special dietary needs, eating disorders, and appropriate routes of referral for medical nutrition therapy.

Requires grantees to: (1) develop innovative curricula; (2) integrate such curricula into the medical education at the school; (3) evaluate the results achieved with the curricula; (4) establish a multidisciplinary planning committee to develop the curricula; and (5) report to the Secretary on the developed curricula and results achieved.

Requires the Secretary to prepare a consolidated report on the curricula and results achieved by grantees and to disseminate such report to schools of medicine.

]]> Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 Display Title Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants for the integration of innovative curricula on nutrition in medical education, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Enhancing Nutrition in Medical Education Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-10-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr5350ih/xml/BILLS-108hr5350ih.xml 2004-10-11 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1922) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.