All Posts: nutrition and health

• Georgetown Students Provide Practical Nutritional Information to Families in DC Food Deserts

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, nutrition and health, nutrition education, School of Health, School of Medicine, service to others

• You Are What You Eat: Students Drive New Elective in Culinary Medicine

  (October 14, 2019) — A recent survey of 24 studies around the world found that nutrition is not well incorporated into the medical school curriculum. According to researchers, “Despite the centrality of nutrition to healthy lifestyle, medical students are not supported to provide high-quality, effective nutrition care.” However, some medical schools are determined to change […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: culinary medicine, medical education, nutrition and health, nutrition education, preventive medicine, School of Medicine

• Helping First-Year Medical Students Get Cooking

  As a part of an intensive weeklong class on nutrition and patient health, members of the School of Medicine Class of 2021 completed a range of projects, including submitting recipes for a cookbook, that encouraged them to think about the many connections between diet and health.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: nutrition and health, School of Medicine