Survey reveals internal medicine residents feel unprepared for nutrition counseling, indicating a need for enhanced education.
Objective Despite the increasing prevalence of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases, nutrition education has been historically lacking in medical education. With increasing access to effective diet-related chronic disease treatments, physicians have an increasingly important role to play in nutrition counseling. We evaluated the attitudes and comfort related to nutrition and nutrition counseling among a cohort of internal medicine residents at a large academic training program.
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