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Nutrition advocates aim to better train doctors about healthier eating

12/06/23 6:15 AM By Jacqui Fatka
KEYWORDS Ann Veneman Bill Frist Bipartisan Policy Center Dan Glickman Doctoring our Diet Donna Shalala food is medicine healthy eating nutrition education Shana Christrup White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health
Despite overwhelming evidence that poor diets contribute to preventable illness and many leading causes of death;– including heart disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes – doctors and other health professionals get little training in nutrition in medical school and other education.
Jacqui fatka

Jacqui Fatka
Associate Editor

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