HI SB608

Requires the Hawaii Medical Board to set content standards for physician continuing education on prevention and treatment of chronic disease through nutrition and lifestyle changes

Mandates dissemination of information regarding prevention and treatment of chronic disease by application of changes in nutrition and lifestyle behavior

Directs the Hawaii Medical Board to convene a working group to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for chronic disease treatment and prevention at a board meeting before July 1, 2016

Addresses findings that chronic diseases account for seven out of ten American deaths annually and over 75 percent of national health care expenditures, with diet being a major causative factor

Notes that more than half of graduating medical students report inadequate nutrition instruction during medical training