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If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nMedical accreditors, assessors and organizations have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative.<\/li>\nAlso, 19 more medical schools pledged to implement 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHHS and the U.S. Department of Education announced several developments in their efforts to improve nutrition education in medical schools.<\/p>\nAccording to an HHS press release, eight medical accrediting, assessment and board organizations have \u201ccommitted to implementing reforms aimed at instilling measurable nutritional education across key medical training programs.\u201d The groups are: <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Eight medical accreditors, assessors and organizations and 19 more schools have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative. Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\n\nthe National Board of Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation;<\/li>\nthe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; and <\/li>\nthe American Board of Medical Specialties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nHHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nMedical accreditors, assessors and organizations have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative.<\/li>\nAlso, 19 more medical schools pledged to implement 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHHS and the U.S. Department of Education announced several developments in their efforts to improve nutrition education in medical schools.<\/p>\nAccording to an HHS press release, eight medical accrediting, assessment and board organizations have \u201ccommitted to implementing reforms aimed at instilling measurable nutritional education across key medical training programs.\u201d The groups are: <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Eight medical accreditors, assessors and organizations and 19 more schools have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative. Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\n\nthe National Board of Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation;<\/li>\nthe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; and <\/li>\nthe American Board of Medical Specialties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nHHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\nBack to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nMedical accreditors, assessors and organizations have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative.<\/li>\nAlso, 19 more medical schools pledged to implement 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHHS and the U.S. Department of Education announced several developments in their efforts to improve nutrition education in medical schools.<\/p>\nAccording to an HHS press release, eight medical accrediting, assessment and board organizations have \u201ccommitted to implementing reforms aimed at instilling measurable nutritional education across key medical training programs.\u201d The groups are: <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Eight medical accreditors, assessors and organizations and 19 more schools have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative. Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\n\nthe National Board of Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation;<\/li>\nthe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; and <\/li>\nthe American Board of Medical Specialties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nHHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Back to Healio<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nKey takeaways:<\/h2>\n\nMedical accreditors, assessors and organizations have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative.<\/li>\nAlso, 19 more medical schools pledged to implement 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHHS and the U.S. Department of Education announced several developments in their efforts to improve nutrition education in medical schools.<\/p>\nAccording to an HHS press release, eight medical accrediting, assessment and board organizations have \u201ccommitted to implementing reforms aimed at instilling measurable nutritional education across key medical training programs.\u201d The groups are: <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Eight medical accreditors, assessors and organizations and 19 more schools have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative. Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\n\nthe National Board of Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation;<\/li>\nthe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; and <\/li>\nthe American Board of Medical Specialties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nHHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
HHS and the U.S. Department of Education announced several developments in their efforts to improve nutrition education in medical schools.<\/p>\n
According to an HHS press release, eight medical accrediting, assessment and board organizations have \u201ccommitted to implementing reforms aimed at instilling measurable nutritional education across key medical training programs.\u201d The groups are: <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> \n Eight medical accreditors, assessors and organizations and 19 more schools have joined HHS\u2019 nutrition education initiative. Image: Adobe Stock<\/em> \n <\/figcaption> \n <\/figure>\n\nthe National Board of Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe Liaison Committee on Medical Education;<\/li>\nthe National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners;<\/li>\nthe Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation;<\/li>\nthe American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine; and <\/li>\nthe American Board of Medical Specialties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nHHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
HHS also announced that 19 additional medical schools have voluntarily committed to requiring at least 40 hours of nutrition education or a competency equivalent beginning this fall. They join the 54 other medical schools that previously pledged to these voluntary commitments when HHS first announced<\/a> the initiative in March.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\nHHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re putting nutrition education at the forefront of medicine and prevention at the forefront of health care,\u201d HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr<\/b>. said during a press briefing. \u201cWe\u2019re training future physicians to address the root causes of diseases, not simply manage their consequences. And we\u2019re building a medical system that gives doctors better tools, patients better information, and families a better chance to live long, healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
HHS\u2019 efforts to improve nutrition education under the second Trump administration began last year<\/a> when the agency urged medical schools to immediately implement nutrition requirements into learning, such as continuing education, board certification and pre-medical standards.<\/p>\nIn a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In a 2022 survey, medical students reported receiving just 1.2 hours of formal nutrition education yearly, the release said. Before these recent commitments, three-fourths of U.S. medical schools did not require nutrition courses and just 14% of residency programs mandated a nutrition curriculum.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile these commitments are groundbreaking, they are also rooted in common sense<\/a>,\u201d Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent<\/b> said during the briefing. \u201cFrom adding required nutrition hours to integrating competencies across all 4 years and revising assessments, these actions promise real progress toward our shared goal of a healthier America.\u201d<\/p>\n Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Jessica Snowden, MD, MS, MHPTT,<\/b> vice chancellor for research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, said HHS\u2019 initiative \u201crecognizes something we all see every day in our clinical work and in our communities: nutrition is not a side issue in health care. It\u2019s fundamental to many of the things we need to have a healthy lifespan.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that is most exciting for me about this particular initiative is the opportunity to connect scientific evidence and nutrition education with real-world implementation,\u201d she said. \u201cAs universities, we help generate the evidence that informs what\u2019s going to move forward. We train the workforce. We evaluate outcomes to help you figure out what works and what doesn\u2019t work. Importantly, we can help you figure out how to scale things so that they are implementable in a variety of communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> an assistant professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra\/Northwell, told Healio that HHS\u2019 call for greater nutrition education \u201crepresents an important opportunity to align physician training with the clinical realities of chronic disease prevention and management.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nRobert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Robert Glatter<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\nThe goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\nFor more information:<\/h2>\n Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor physicians, the issue is not whether nutrition should replace pharmacologic or procedural therapies when indicated. It should not. The issue is whether clinicians can competently address one of the most powerful modifiable determinants of long-term outcomes,\u201d he said. \u201cMedical students should graduate being able to obtain a focused dietary history, recognize major dietary risk patterns, interpret nutrition labels, screen for food insecurity and deliver brief, evidence-based counseling that is culturally and economically realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The goal, Glatter added, is to ensure that physicians can \u201cintegrate nutrition into prevention and chronic disease care.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStrengthening nutrition education in medical school is therefore not curricular ornamentation; it is core clinical training,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Robert Glatter, MD, FACEP, FAAEM,<\/b> is an emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital. He can be reached at rglatter@northwell.edu<\/a>; Instagram rdglatter<\/a>; LinkedIn https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr911\/<\/a>; and X @DrRobertGlatter<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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