Health
Future doctors need more nutrition education
Medical students need more support to increase their nutrition knowledge and skills before they graduate a Griffith University study has found.
Nov 11, 2020
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News tagged with nutrition education
Health
Study aims to connect the dots on food access
Researchers know from many previous studies what prevents cash-strapped shoppers in underserved communities from buying more fresh produce. But little is known about which strategies are most likely to reach the people who ...
Sep 18, 2020
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Health
Revealing links between education and a good diet
Educational status appears to have positive influence on a healthy diet, particularly in low income countries, according to new research examining European nutritional data.
May 7, 2020
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HIV & AIDS
How nutrition education can make a difference to people with HIV in Nigeria
HIV and AIDS are still global health problems and sub-Saharan Africa remains the most affected region. Globally, around 770,000 people died from AIDS-related conditions in 2018, 160,000 of them in West and Central Africa.
Feb 12, 2020
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VA's 'Healthy Teaching Kitchens' benefit from holistic approach
Over the next decade, older adults will grow to become 20 percent of the US population. A new paper in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found Healthy Teaching Kitchen programs are great vehicles for nutrition ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
In-home visits may be key to reversing childhood obesity
Behavioral medicine experts at Rush University Medical Center are going straight to patients' homes to see if they can find solutions to address childhood obesity.
Oct 4, 2019
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Health
Medical education does not equip students to provide high quality nutritional care to patients
Worldwide, nutrition is insufficiently incorporated into medical education, meaning that medical students lack the confidence, skills and knowledge to provide nutritional care to patients, according to a systematic review ...
Sep 19, 2019
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During first year of university, poor diet and weight gain greater in male students
In students' first year of university, poor diet is linked to unhealthy weight gain with males affected more than females. The research publishing July 3 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Kayleigh Beaudry and colleagues ...
Jul 3, 2019
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Health
Doctors need nutrition education, says commentary
Nutrition knowledge is essential for today's physicians, according to a JAMA Internal Medicine commentary published July 1. The commentary—authored by Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible ...
Jul 2, 2019
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Health
To test the munchies, researchers offer a choice: chips or an orange?
Picture this: Researchers attending a cannabis decriminalization event ask attendees, who are high on marijuana, to fill out surveys. The questionnaires ask participants to list the foods they typically eat while high and ...
Apr 23, 2019
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