Education BY AMY LYNN SORREL
Texas medical schools beef up nutrition education
WITH LIFESTYLE-RELATED DISEASES ON THE RISE, SOME MEDICAL SCHOOLS HELP TO ARM FUTURE DOCTORS WITH THE NUTRITION KNOWLEDGE THEY’LL NEED
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Medical students trade their white coats for aprons to get hands-on training in nutrition as part of the culinary medi- cine elective at the University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas College of Osteo- pathic Medicine.
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t a time when obesity and diabetes are on the rise, medical schools still strug-
gle to provide ample training in nutrition, some studies show. Yet, physician educators agree that’s exactly where such education should begin for future doctors who will increasingly encounter lifestyle-related diseases. Texas medical schools and resi-
dency programs are getting ahead of the curve in addressing this public-health-meets-medical-edu- cation issue, with medical students often leading the charge. Tomorrow’s doctors are grow-
ing up and training in an environ- ment in which obesity accounts for a growing number of health prob- lems and costs, and the health care system is shifting its focus to pre- ventive care and paying physicians based on health outcomes, says
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER November 2015 TEXAS MEDICINE 35
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