On 2026-10-21, US HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a healthcare roundtable in Orange Park, Florida to promote federal dietary guidelines and medical school nutrition requirements.

HHS is pushing for all US medical schools to require 40 hours of nutritional education as a graduation requirement.

Public health organizations and nutritionists have criticized the new federal dietary guidelines for recommending protein levels higher than most international standards.

Kennedy announced in August at HHS headquarters that the US government would create the first formal federal definition of ultraprocessed foods.