The Need for Nutrition Education in Medical Training | EP 99

The lack of nutrition education in medical training is a critical issue that warrants immediate attention. In this episode of the NTI PodTalk, we delve into the critical gaps in nutrition training within medical education and the pressing need for healthcare professionals to understand the profound impact of diet on health. As healthcare continues to evolve, it is imperative that we prioritize the integration of nutrition into medical curricula. Join Dianne Koehler for a fascinating conversation with Jenny Breen, a culinary educator and advocate for nutrition in medical training. Learn how Jenny is bridging the gap between food, health, and medical education. About Jenny: Jenny Breen, Chef, MS Ed, MPH has been working at the intersection of human, community, and environmental health in the Twin Cities and throughout the country for 25 years. She creates custom training and learning experiences focused on personal or professional food, health and sustainability skills, and/or delivering programming and community engagement based in human and planetary health, wellbeing, equity, and justice. Jenny teaches 3 classes through the Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota, who's content and classes utilize cooking and basic nutrition information to address all aspects of human and community health including the social determinants of health-environmental and structural barriers within the system that impact people's abilities to access and implement healthy food and wellbeing behaviors. While cooking is foundational to the courses Jenny teaches, they also integrate skills and resources to approach systemic change and lead individuals/patients, care teams, practitioners and administrators to collectively impact the upstream effects of SDH on humans’/patients’ health and wellbeing, and to move toward equity that translates to a healthier food system and a healthier community. To find out more about Jenny’s work, register for classes or contract with Jenny for content creation, training, or speaking, find her at transformingthetable.com **Timestamps for the topics discussed can be found on this episode's NTI PodTalk page. Are you ready to start your journey as a Nutrition Therapist Master or Natural Food Chef? To learn more about NTI's Nutrition Therapist Master Certification, visit ntischool.com for more information, or call 303-284-8361 to speak with our admissions team. This discussion is not intended to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy, nor in any way imply that Nutrition Therapists who graduate from NTI are qualified to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy. The scope of practice for graduates of NTI is to deliver therapeutic nutrition guidance to our clients which helps support their natural biology to achieve optimal function in whatever wellness path they are on.