The association of emergency department crowding during treatment for acute coronary syndrome with subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
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ten lack the knowledge and practical experience to proactively advise their patients. Many medical students and physicians feel ill-equipped to counsel overweight or obese patients. As such, we need enhanced educational efforts aimed at translating decades of nutrition science into practical strategies whereby healthy, affordable, easily prepared and delicious foods become the predominant elements of a person’s dietary lifestyle. The multidisciplinary interactive educational program described herein may be worthy of further investigation in this regard. Perhaps in this era of scientific advancement regarding nutrition science, it is now time to “teach the teachers” ways to access, prepare, and enjoy healthy, delicious foods, so that they, in turn, can advise their patients to do the same.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA internal medicine
دوره 173 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013