WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) (https://umc.edu/) and the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM) (https://www.wmcarey.edu/osteopathic-medicine/population-health) for joining an initiative to ramp up nutrition education as part of medical training.
UMMC and WCUCOM are among 53 medical schools across the country that have voluntarily committed to require at least 40 hours of nutrition education, or implement a 40-hour competency equivalent, for students starting in Fall 2026. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a majority of U....