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Podcast: Wedidit.Health Podcast
Episode: State of Nutrition Education in Medical Schools with Dr Michael Klaper, MD
Description: If your doctor can’t tell you what “eat healthy” means, it’s not entirely their fault. Historically, doctors and other health professionals don’t receive in-depth nutrition training.
Dr. Michael Kaper is out to change that. After a fifty-year career as a primary care physician, Dr. Klaper, a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, now focuses on sharing with fellow health professionals the science of how health-promoting food and lifestyle choices can arrest and reverse chronic disease.
His “Moving Medicine Forward” Initiative promotes applied nutrition being taught in medical schools. Moving Medicine Forward is a 501(c)3 t...