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Current medical education in the United States fails to provide adequate nutrition training, with most medical schools providing less than the recommended 25 hours of instruction and residency programs largely lacking formal nutrition curricula.
Physicians need structured, integrated nutrition training throughout medical school and residency, not just a single course, to feel confident and competent in counseling patients.
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The 2013 survey found that 71% of medical schools provide less than the recommended 25 hours of nutrition education, and 36% provide less than half that amount... only 14% of internal medicine trainee respondents are confident in their ability to counsel patients about diet.
Why this rating
Based on multiple surveys of medical schools and residency programs.
Source
Medical Nutrition Education, Training, and Competencies to Advance Guideline-Based Diet Counseling by Physicians: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association
Karen Aspry et al. · Circulation · 2018
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