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Nutrition Education in U.S. Medical Schools (1985)

Chapter: Appendix E: Speakers at Various Committee Meetings

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Speakers at Various Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1985. Nutrition Education in U.S. Medical Schools. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/597.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Speakers at Various Committee Meetings." National Research Council. 1985. Nutrition Education in U.S. Medical Schools. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/597.
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APPENDIX E Speakers at Various Committee Meetings A. Harold Lubin, M.D., Director, Personal Health Program, Food and Nutrition Unit, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois Maurice Shils, M.D., Sc.D., Principal Investigator, The New York-New Jersey Regional Cent er f or Clinical Nutrition Education, The New York Academy of Medicine; Director of Clinical Nutrition, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; and Prof essor of Medicine , Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York Willard J. Visek, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Science, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, Illinois Roland Weinsier, M.D., Dr.P.H., Professor and Director, Clinical Division, Department of Nutritional Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Eleanor Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 119

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As the general public has become more aware of advances in nutrition, consumer demands for advice on matters of diet and disease have grown. This book offers recommendations to upgrade what were found to be largely inadequate nutrition programs in U.S. medical schools in order that health professionals be better qualified to advise and treat their patients. A comprehensive study of one-third of American 4-year undergraduate medical schools provided information on the current status of nutrition programs at each school. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations made from analysis of this gathered information. Questions examined in this volume include: Has medical education kept pace with advances in nutrition science? Are medical students equipped to convey sound nutritional advice to their patients? What strategies are needed to initiate and sustain adequate teaching of nutrition in medical schools?

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