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3 foods your patients with high BP should avoid

Find out the biggest food culprits for too much sodium and discover where to learn more nutritional information to help improve your patients’ health.

Prevention & Wellness
Physician speaking during Interim Meeting
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What does the label say? Physicians seek transparency

The AMA House of Delegates adopted policy on front-of-package nutrition labels, food-allergen packaging and the accessibility of information on animal-derived medical products.

Prevention & Wellness
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AMA advocates for transparency in food labeling and packaging

The AMA urges the FDA to develop front-of-package warning labels for foods that are high in added sugars based on the established recommended daily value.

Press Releases
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Examining the ethics of what’s on your patients’ dinner table

Complex ethical issues surround food systems, which affect nutrition and health outcomes. Learn more about these ethical issues and the physician’s role.

Ethics
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“What should I eat, Doc?” 4 nutrition CME courses help you answer

Exam-room discussions about food and diet can be frustrating. These great online nutrition CME courses will give you the knowledge to help guide your patients.

Prevention & Wellness
Medical professional weighs patient
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9 CME activities to help you improve chronic disease management

These online CME activities offer educational insights on nutrition, diabetes prevention, hypertension control, practice redesign and more.

Online CME
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Your new Rx for patient health: a good home-cooked meal

Physicians should know about practical aspects of healthy food to help their patients prevent or manage chronic diseases.

Prevention & Wellness
A photo of about 10 cheeseburgers cooking on a grill
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Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 a year: What physicians can do

CME for primary care and emergency physicians helps spot and prevent food poisoning that strikes one in six of us each year.

Prevention & Wellness
Sugary soda being poured from can into a glass.
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Pennsylvania’s highest court to determine sugary-drink tax’s fate

The AMA says the tax helps lower obesity rates and that ruling against it could also jeopardize nontax initiatives to improve the public’s health.

Judicial Advocacy