Medical Economics March 15, 2024
Richard Payerchin

March is National Nutrition Month. Here are more things primary care physicians can consider when examining patients, their diets, and what they themselves eat every day.

Patient food choices can be influenced by more than just whatever is in the refrigerator or the pantry right now.

Primary care physicians and clinicians are addressing more than just patients in the exam room, and there’s greater recognition that patient health affected by social drivers of health outside the doctor’s office. Those include hunger and availability of healthy foods.

March is National Nutrition Month and features World Obesity Day. Lauri Wright, PhD, RDN, LDN, FAND, president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, spoke with Medical Economics about the interconnections among patient health,...

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