It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics that registered dietitian nutritionists
(RDNs) should play a significant role in educating medical students, residents, fellows, and …

Understanding and applying nutrition knowledge and skills to all aspects of health care are
extremely important, and all health care professions need basic training to effectively assess …

Nutrition education for physicians in the United States is limited in scope, quality, and
duration due to a variety of factors. As new data and quality improvement initiatives highlight …

The need to educate and train future physicians about nutrition and wellness has become
increasingly apparent in the past decade. A rising incidence of chronic health conditions …

As the general public has become more aware of advances in nutrition, consumer demands
for advice on matters of diet and disease have grown. This book offers recommendations to …

Proper nutrition plays a key role in disease prevention and treatment. Many patients
understand this link and look to physicians for guidance diet and physical activity. Actual …

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

Purpose. To assess the state of nutrition education at US medical schools and compare it
with recommended instructional targets. Method. We surveyed all 133 US medical schools …

The mission of increasing the number of physician nutrition experts requires focused
nutrition education directed at medical students across the 4‐year curriculum and into …

In this article I describe challenges to medical-nutrition educators and an opportunity
provided by the Associa-tion of American Medical Colleges Medical School Objectives …