Topic in Focus: Nutrition & Diet

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What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™

What doctors wish patients knew about taking naps

Aug 22, 2025 | 10 Min Read
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6 reasons to join the AMA

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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.

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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
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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.

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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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Lauren Benning: Reducing the obesity stigma

AMA member and medical student Lauren Benning aims to take a practical, nonjudgmental approach to treating obesity.

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Don’t miss these CME opportunities before the year ends

Looking to obtain CME credit for 2018? Here are some intriguing CME options to consider.

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AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation

AMA voted to adopt new policies aimed at improving the health of the nation. The new policies were approved during the voting session of the Annual Meeting.

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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.

Chronic Diseases