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.^[1] HHS is pushing for all US medical schools to require 40 hours of nutritional education as a graduation requirement.^[2] Public health organizations and nutritionists have criticized the new federal dietary guidelines for recommending protein levels higher than most international standards.^[3] Kennedy announced in August at HHS headquarters that the US government would create the first formal federal definition of ultraprocessed foods.^[4]