What do medical doctors know about nutrition?

What do medical doctors know about nutrition?

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When it comes to premature death and disability, what we eat is the number one risk factor. That’s according to a 2013 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. So you might be surprised to learn that primary care physicians and even cardiologists can earn a license without a single class in nutrition. Health advocates have been pushing for doctors to become better trained in what’s called “culinary medicine” for years but with little success. WBEZ’s Monica Eng recently visited a group of students and doctors who are trying to change that locally and she joins us with Dr. Geeta Maker-Clark and Dr. Stephen Devries to talk about the effort to train med students in basic nutrition.