Emily Johnston1, Tony Mathews2, Karen Aspry3, Monica Aggarwal4, Eugenia Gianos5. 1. Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA. eajohnst@gmail.com. 2. NYU Langone Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA. 3. Alpert Medical School, and Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. 4. Division of Cardiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 5. Department of Cardiology, Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, New York, NY, 10075, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent studies have documented that diet quality in the US is poor and linked to higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), other non-communicable diseases, and total mortality. As a result, nutrition counseling in clinical practice is an evidence-based strategy endorsed by numerous stakeholders. However, medical nutrition education (MNE) in the US has been inadequate, and physician knowledge, competencies, and practices related to diet counseling have been documented to be insufficient. National scientific meetings and conferences offer opportunities to translate new scientific evidence, guidelines, and competencies to clinicians in attendance and to publicize this evidence widely. This review assessed the adequacy of, and trends in, nutrition education provided at recent major US scientific meetings that offer continuing medical education (CME), with a focus on CVD-related conferences. RECENT FINDINGS: The authors found no reviews that have assessed the scope and type of nutrition-related educational programming at major conferences. We therefore investigated nutrition-related programming at CVD-related CME conferences in the US from 2013 to 2018. National scientific CVD-related conferences in the USA have offered variable amounts of programming related to practical applications of nutrition science. We did not observe an increase in nutrition-related offerings, despite the increase in diet-related diseases and the growing evidence base for the role of nutrition in the prevention and management of chronic disease. Increasing nutrition-related CME programming at national scientific meetings can lead to greater translation of nutrition evidence to patients by healthcare providers and improved health outcomes in the population.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent studies have documented that diet quality in the US is poor and linked to higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), other non-communicable diseases, and total mortality. As a result, nutrition counseling in clinical practice is an evidence-based strategy endorsed by numerous stakeholders. However, medical nutrition education (MNE) in the US has been inadequate, and physician knowledge, competencies, and practices related to diet counseling have been documented to be insufficient. National scientific meetings and conferences offer opportunities to translate new scientific evidence, guidelines, and competencies to clinicians in attendance and to publicize this evidence widely. This review assessed the adequacy of, and trends in, nutrition education provided at recent major US scientific meetings that offer continuing medical education (CME), with a focus on CVD-related conferences. RECENT FINDINGS: The authors found no reviews that have assessed the scope and type of nutrition-related educational programming at major conferences. We therefore investigated nutrition-related programming at CVD-related CME conferences in the US from 2013 to 2018. National scientific CVD-related conferences in the USA have offered variable amounts of programming related to practical applications of nutrition science. We did not observe an increase in nutrition-related offerings, despite the increase in diet-related diseases and the growing evidence base for the role of nutrition in the prevention and management of chronic disease. Increasing nutrition-related CME programming at national scientific meetings can lead to greater translation of nutrition evidence to patients by healthcare providers and improved health outcomes in the population.
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