Why 'Eat Less, Move More' Is Failing You: What Doctors Aren't Taught About Nutrition

About this episode

Dr. Sabrina Falquier discusses the lack of nutrition training in medical schools with Dr. Thomas Carter and medical student Megan Roach.

Did you know most doctors receive almost no formal training in nutrition? In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Sabrina Falquier sits down with internal medicine specialist, Dr. Thomas Carter, and third year medical student, Megan Roach, for an honest conversation about how much nutrition has been taught in medical school and what that means for patient care. Together, they compare experiences, share insights from both generations of medicine, and discuss why culinary medicine is helping bridge the knowledge gap. In this episode you’ll hear: 1:00 – How much nutrition is taught in medical school? 8:20 – Why Dr. Carter agreed to be a guest on this episode 10:00 – Nutrition education in medical school: Megan Roach’s perspective as a medical student 13:00 – Culinary medicine workshops in medical school 14:20 – Food as medicine 15:00 – What every medical student should learn about nutrition 17:00 – The challenge of speaking with patients about nutrition 19:30 – What Dr. Carter wishes he knew about nutrition 21:00 – How do you talk to a patient about nutrition? 26:45 – How to give nutrition advice in short appointments 31:30 – Nutrition training: The hope for future doctors Referenced in…

People in this episode

Host: Sabrina Falquier

Guests: Megan Roach, Dr Thomas Carter

Topics covered

• nutrition education
• culinary medicine
• patient care
• medical training

Keywords

• medical school
• nutrition training
• patient communication
• culinary medicine workshops

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