I've got to get my school to try something like this!

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Going off this, why does the blame of America's poor nutrition habits come down solely on physicians? This societal issue is to some people (the same people that think there's a magic food or spice for everything and all you have to do is eat a large amount of it) portrayed as physicians being brainwashed by drug companies and not learning about power foods. Like addiction, what can a PCP, that you go see 12 minutes once a year, do that would make you change your lifestyle? I'd like to see ownership of poor nutrition spread out a bit.
 
Staphylococcus Aureus said:
Going off this, why does the blame of America's poor nutrition habits come down solely on physicians? This societal issue is to some people (the same people that think there's a magic food or spice for everything and all you have to do is eat a large amount of it) portrayed as physicians being brainwashed by drug companies and not learning about power foods. Like addiction, what can a PCP, that you go see 12 minutes once a year, do that would make you change your lifestyle? I'd like to see ownership of poor nutrition spread out a bit.
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Don't we literally have an entire profession for this?
 
Can we have this moved to pre osteo? Goro isn't a med student and doesn't seem to understand anything past applying.
 
We actually did bring this class to my med school and it was great - let me know if you have any questions about it =D
 
There was a talk the other day at my school about nutrition being undertaught and I couldn't disagree more but I kept my mouth shut. I think nutrition is taught as well as it ought to be in medical school. Calories in vs. Calories out. Vitamin deficiencies, limitations on processed sugars, adequate lean protein intake, and adequate healthy fat consumption. The less processed, the better. We don't need culinary classes, diet fads/ideologies/etc. taught to us formally in medical school. As an elective or interest group fine. Am I the only one who feels this way?

We have a class that discussed macronutrients, micronutrients, calories, and deficiencies/toxicities of macro/micronutrients as well as common sources of the macro/micronutrients. What else objective is there to teach? I suppose there's execution but in hospitals we have dietitians who are there to literally design a plan for them. Not sure about anyone else, but I could look at a diet and know if it's adequate for my patient based on their medical history. I'd probably need to refer to the exact cut offs but I'd know the principles.
 
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