Long overdue: undergraduate nutrition education for medical students

Br J Nutr. 2022 Aug 11;129(6):1-2. doi: 10.1017/S0007114522001647. Online ahead of print.

Bernard M Corfe^{1

2}, Trevor Smith^{3

4}, Nicola Heslehurst^{5

6}, Jeremy M Nightingale^{7

8}, Sue Kenneally^{9

10}, Simon Williams^{5

11}, J Bernadette Moore^{1

12}

¹ The Nutrition Society, LondonW6 7NJ, UK.
² Population Health Sciences Institute, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, NewcastleNE2 4HH, UK.
³ British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Seven Elms, WorcestershireB96 6HB, UK.
⁴ University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, SouthamptonSO16 6YD, UK.
⁵ Association for the Study of Obesity, Knowle, West MidlandsB93 OLL, UK.
⁶ Population Health Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, NewcastleNE2 4AX, UK.
⁷ Royal College of Physicians, LondonNW1 4LE, UK.
⁸ London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, St Marks Hospital, HarrowHA1 3UJ, UK.
⁹ Royal College of General Practitioners, LondonNW1 2FB, UK.
¹⁰ Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Lodge Road, Caerleon, NewportNP18 3XQ, UK.
¹¹ University of Wales Trinity Saint David, CarmarthenSA31 3EP, UK.
¹² School of Food Sciences and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, WY LS2 9JT, UK.

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Keywords: Malnutrition; Medical students; Nutrition education; Obesity.

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