title: Nutrition education for medical students. I. What is it? Where has it been? Why should it be taught?
abstract: After an eight-year experience of introducing nutrition into the medical school curriculum of a new medical school, the author reflects on the state of the art. Questions are raised: What is nutrition? Is it part of medical education? If not, why not? Why should it be taught? The article ends with a note of optimism with reference to nutrition education in medical schools.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education; D014481:United States