[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS NEED BETTER TRAINING IN NUTRITION

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, food is medicine, and our medical 
professionals need proper training to screen and treat food insecurity 
and diet-related diseases.
  That is why I have joined together with Representative Vern Buchanan 
on a bipartisan letter to the Accreditation Council for Graduate 
Medical Education, urging them to incorporate nutrition education into 
the program requirements for graduate medical education. By doing so, 
graduate medical programs will be required to adequately prepare 
physicians in nutrition, improving health outcomes, and saving our 
healthcare system a lot of money.
  Mr. Speaker, the idea that our medical professionals should have 
better training in nutrition isn't a concept we just came up with here 
in Washington.
  When I visit medical students, physicians, nurses, and other medical 
professionals back home, I hear over and over again how they don't feel 
adequately prepared to treat food insecurity and diet-related diseases.
  I am proud to further a key recommendation in the National Strategy 
on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, and ask all my colleagues to support 
efforts to improve nutrition education for physicians.

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