Review Suggests Medical Schools Don’t Spend Much Time On Nutrition

reports a new research review suggests that “although diet plays an outsize role in health and wellness and can be crucial to managing many common chronic conditions, medical schools tend not to devote much time to teaching future doctors about nutrition.” Researchers “analyzed data from 24 previously published studies that focused on medical students’ nutrition knowledge and confidence in their ability to counsel patients on diet.” Their findings and an accompanying editorial were published in The Lancet Planetary Health. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-nutrition-medical-education/medical-education-not-covering-basics-of-nutrition-idUSKBN1WO2S3