Background In many countries, doctors are recommended to provide nutrition care to
patients to improve the dietary behaviours of individuals and populations. Here, we present …

Purpose Lifestyle-related disease substantially impacts health, but physicians lack adequate
nutrition education to discuss behavioral change with patients. Many medical schools have …

Objective Most doctors and medical students report inadequate competencies in nutrition
care. We evaluated the impact of a nutrition education intervention on medical students' …

Nutrition plays an important role in health promotion and disease prevention and treatment
across the lifespan. Physicians and other healthcare professionals are expected to counsel …

Medical education faces an urgent need for evidence-based physician nutrition education.
Since the publication of the 1985 National Academies report “Nutrition Education in US …

Morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease can be significantly modified
through lifestyle interventions, yet there is little emphasis on nutrition and lifestyle in medical …

Undergraduate medical education has undergone significant changes in development of
new curricula, new pedagogies, and new forms of assessment since the Nutrition Academic …

Background Although a poor diet is the number one risk factor for early death in the United
States and globally, physicians receive little to no training in dietary interventions and lack …

Despite the significant impact diet has on health, there is minimal nutrition training for
medical students. This review summarizes published nutrition learning experiences in US …

Background. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) annually claims more lives and costs more
dollars than any other disease globally amid widening health disparities, despite the known …