There is a pressing need to make nutrition training a focus of clinician education.

Cassidy-Vu, L., & Kirk, J. (2020). Assessing the need for a structured nutrition curriculum in a primary care residency program. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 39(3), 243-248.

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Extension programming is reaching out to healthcare practices across the nation to collaborate in the healthcare and education of the population.

Fagnan, L. J. (2017). Moving upstream—health extension and primary care. The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 30(1), 10-12.

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Educating patients about nutrition is important to long-lasting nutrition behavioral changes and health outcomes.

Li, Y. F., Zhang, L. X., Xiao, X., Liao, H. Y., Wang, J., & Tang, X. L. (2021). Multimodal nutrition education for cancer patients. Journal of Nutritional Oncology, 6(2), 57-63.

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National grants support Extension programs that function to improve chronic
disease outcomes.

Kahin, S. A., Murriel, A. L., Pejavara, A., O’Toole, T., & Petersen, R. (2020). The high obesity program: a collaboration between public health and cooperative extension services to address obesity. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17.

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A 2023 study of 22 fruit and vegetable prescription programs across the US showed a significant reduction in A1C in people with diabetes and a decreased blood pressure in those with hypertension.

Hager, K., … et al (2023). Impact of produce prescriptions on diet, food security, and cardiometabolic health
outcomes: a multisite evaluation of 9 produce prescription programs in the United States. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 16(9).

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Fruits and vegetables are a critical part of a healthy diet, but most Americans consume far less than the recommended amount for optimal health.

Lee-Kwan, S. H., Moore, L. V., Blanck, H. M., Harris, D. M., & Galuska, D. (2017). Disparities in state-specific adult fruit and vegetable consumption—United States, 2015. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 66(45), 1241.

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Individuals are more likely to enact a
behavior change if it is recommended by their healthcare provider.

Jones, D. E., Carson, K. A., Bleich, S. N., & Cooper, L. A. (2012). Patient trust in physicians and adoption of lifestyle behaviors to control high blood pressure. Patient Education and Counseling, 89(1), 57–62.

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Traditionally, nutrition has been a minimal part of the standard course of study for most clinicians with the average student taking fewer than 20 hours of nutrition education out of about 200 hours of total coursework.

Adams, K. M., Kohlmeier, M., & Zeisel, S. H. (2010). Nutrition education in U.S. medical schools: Latest update of a national survey. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 85(9), 1537–1542.

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