Nutrition needs in doctors’ office

Recent study of medical students and doctors: 95% believed that doctors play an important role in providing nutrition care, yet 70% reported receiving fewer than 2 hours of nutritional education while at medical school.

Plus:

The most common “lifestyle” advice clinicians give patients with is to “lose weight”, which is not only unhelpful, but leads to worse outcomes. Patients experience the majority of their weight stigma from medical doctors.

We can do this better, don’t you think?

https://bjcardio.co.uk/2022/08/nutrition-training-for-medical-professionals-where-do-we-begin/