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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
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Why nutrition matters to your patients with hypertension

How much and how quickly can diet really help? And what kind is best for patients to pursue as they try to reduce their blood pressure with lifestyle changes alone?

Prevention & Wellness
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Turning up the heat in the kitchen to lower BP in practice

Patients who prepare their own healthful meals are likelier to make progress in blood-pressure control. Tulane’s medical school is training med students to help make that goal reality.

Prevention & Wellness
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Don’t get stumped when patients ask for nutrition advice

With the new year, patients resolving to eat more healthfully will be asking for physicians’ help. New training gives you tools to help them succeed.

Prevention & Wellness
Robert Carey, MD, Thomas Lee, MD, Karol Watson, MD, Paul Whelton, MD, and Patricia Salber, MD
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For most, diet and exercise—not meds—key path to lower BP

Lead authors of the new hypertension guideline emphasize the importance of lifestyle changes in patients with high blood pressure.

Prevention & Wellness
Medical student Kimberly Ha
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To teach patients healthy habits, students first teach themselves

Students at Eastern Virginia Medical School have created nutrition modules that equip medical students to provide cooking and exercise classes to patients.

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Sugary-drinks tax passes legal muster in Pennsylvania

Physicians support the idea to lower consumption of sugary drinks and help fund anti-obesity health programs.

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AMA backs comprehensive approach targeting sugary drinks

The AMA House of Delegates also encourages healthier options in hospitals, food banks, SNAP, and tackles wording that contributes to obesity stigma.

Prevention & Wellness