Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes the mounting personal and financial burden of diet-related disease in the United States and calls on medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other health professional training programs to provide meaningful physician and health professional education on nutrition and diet.

provide Federal oversight to ensure that Federal funding of medical schools and graduate medical education programs, including funding provided through Medicare and Medicaid, goes to programs that incorporate substantive training in nutrition and diet sufficient for physicians and health professionals to meaningfully incorporate nutrition interventions and dietary referrals into medical practice;

urge that medical schools, residency and fellowship programs, and other health professional training programs provide meaningful nutrition education that demonstrates the connection between diet and disease, and develops the skills necessary to initiate meaningful nutrition interventions and referrals;

conduct or fund research intended to—

support the development and dissemination of best practices and curricular resources to medical schools, residency and fellowship programs, and health professional training programs to reduce the burden of introducing or increasing diet and nutrition education; and

raise awareness of the critical role that diet and nutrition play in the health of all patients and the responsibility of practicing physicians, health professionals, and healthcare administrators to assist in promoting healthy diets; to offer patient education and counseling about diet and nutrition; and to make timely and appropriate referrals as necessary.