Culinary Medicine and the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist: Time for a Leadership Role

The robust evidence base linking healthy dietary patterns to well-being and a lowered risk of disease have prompted an array of strategies focused on strengthening undergraduate and graduate medical education and training in nutrition across the United States.1,2 The call for medical education reforms by the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association of Academic Health Centers, the American Heart Association, and other advisory organizations focuses on broadening training programs in medical education to include interprofessional education, an array of prevention topics including lifestyle medicine and expanded nutrition education, and skill building by means of varied experiential, inquiry-driven, and clinical activities.
Source: Journal of the American Dietetic Association - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Practice Applications Source Type: research