Clinicians serving under-resourced populations should seize opportunity for free lifestyle medicine education

As a pediatrician serving under-resourced families in Washington, D.C., I was glad to see health leaders converge for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Solutions to food insecurity and diet-related diseases are urgently needed to address the crisis of chronic disease, which afflicts six in 10 Americans.

One of the important issues discussed at the conference is the critical need for more education and training in nutrition …

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