Future doctors may be able to advise their patients on nutrition and food recommendations, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open.
A panel of 37 medical and nutrition experts proposed that nutrition education in medical school be standardized. The panelists also voted on what should be included in this standardized nutritional training.
Panelists unanimously agreed that doctors should be trained to give nutrition and food recommendations for the prevention and treatment of disease.
“It’s shocking that there are no nationally required nutrition competencies within medical education,” David Eisenberg, the first author of the new study, said in the press release. “This is a surprising and important gap, considering the epidemics of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related chronic diseases in this country, as well as their ever-increasing financial and societal costs.”…