The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced today a “call to action” for American medical schools to “strengthen nutrition education across all stages of the medical education continuum.” “Nutrition is central to preventing, managing, and treating many of the chronic diseases that continue to drive morbidity, mortality, and health care costs in the United States,” AAMC President and CEO David J. Skorton, M.D., said in a press release statement.