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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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3 Min Read

“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
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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
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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
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2 Min Read

Limit junk-food ads that contribute to childhood obesity

AMA wants legislation to limit such marketing. Physicians also call for language-appropriate sex ed for students who lack English proficiency.

Chronic Diseases
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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
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How to talk with your patients about nutrition

Diet plays a big role in achieving BP control, but many physicians report not having the nutrition knowledge they need to help guide their patients.

Prevention & Wellness
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The recipe for success: How to eat right in med school

Improving your energy and outlook begins with monitoring your intake. Here are five tips for maintaining a balanced diet during med school.

Med Student Health