Senate Resolution No. by Senator McMath urges Louisiana medical schools to incorporate courses on nutrition and metabolic health into their curricula. The resolution highlights the significant gap in nutrition education within medical training, despite the fact that lifestyle factors, particularly diet, are major contributors to chronic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. It emphasizes that physicians equipped with nutrition knowledge can offer better guidance to patients, potentially improving health outcomes and reducing reliance on prescription medications.

The resolution points out that there are currently four medical schools in Louisiana and notes the unique opportunity for the upcoming Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine to lead in this area of education. By integrating nutrition and metabolic health courses, these institutions can better prepare future physicians to understand the relationship between diet and chronic diseases, ultimately fostering a more proactive approach to patient care and health management. The resolution calls for the transmission of this request to the relevant chancellors and presidents of the medical schools in Louisiana.