Nutrition Education for the Health-care Provider Improves Patient Outcomes:

Global Advances in Health and Medicine

VanessaBaute¹ 

关键词: nutrition education;    physician health;    patient outcomes;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2164956118795995

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Nutrition education is globally lacking in medical training, despite the fact that dietary habits are a crucial component of physician self-care, disease prevention, and treatment. Research has shown that a physician’s health status directly affects the quality of their preventative health counseling and patient outcomes, yet on average less than 20 hours over 4 years of medical education is spent teaching nutrition. This leaves providers with a gap in knowledge regarding this critical component of health. In a recent study, only 14% of resident physicians reported being adequately trained to provide nutritional counseling. Educating health-care professionals on how to eat well provides an opportunity to improve physician and patient well-being.

【 授权许可】

CC BY