Talking to a patient about the role of food in causing and curing disease seems like the least a doctor could do. Doctors and nurses would be required to complete two hours of nutrition study over a two-year period. “Doctors will tell you that they should talk to their patients about nutrition, but they feel inadequate,” D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) told me. AD“I do agree that nutrition education is important,” she said. And 90 percent of them also said they had received little or no training in nutrition during their medical fellowships.

Source: Washington Post December 04, 2019 00:22 UTC