Doctors Nutrition & Exercise
Nutrition & Exercise for Doctors, Physicians
Doctors need to prioritise maintaining a healthy diet and regular exercise regimen. Founded in 2017 Nutritank was established by two doctors to promote greater education in medical training around nutrition and lifestyle medicine. An online platform providing medical students, doctors and the public with simple nutrition information.
On the other hand, exercise for professionals in the medical profession is about what you enjoy ! So best to get out into the fresh air, go swimming, hiking, bushwalking, play football, netball, ride a bike, take a run. Do what you enjoy !
NUTRITANK was established to provide nutrition education for the medical profession. If you want to know more information contact UK under-Secretary State for Public Health @SteveBrine future doctors should know about nutrition! We need more nutrition education in their curriculum #nutrition4medics
Medical students say they need more nutrition training to identify the role of diet in some diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease to provide patients access to the right nutritional support for them.
More education in the medical field is required to manage the amount, and the nature of diet-related cases that come into doctors’ surgeries.
What training is currently given?
While nutrition training varies between medical schools in the UK and Australia medical students in Bristol have around eight hours of nutrition education across a six-year degree which leaves them feeling ill-equipped to respond to patient care. In response Nutritank was born.
Why does it matter?
Doctors shouldn’t have to be registered nutritionists or dieticians but being on the front-line with access to thousands of patients a year, doctors believe they should be equipped to identify the role of a nutritious diet plays with nutrient deficiencies and to refer them on in the best way.
What needs to happen?
Medical students were urged to make a case to the UK Government from the Public Health Minister Steve Brine who says “we in Government are certainly listening”. So if you care about this issue, you need to tell them”
Whether you’re in the medical field, or just someone who thinks nutrition education is important, good nutritious diet will assist and benefit many diet-related diseases.