The Future Of Healthcare: “We Need More Nutrition Training for Practitioners to Effect Prevention over Prescriptions” With Katie Kimball of Kitchen Stewardship

I’ve heard dozens of medical practitioners say that in their school training, which as we know is rigorous and lengthy, they receive a mere handful of hours in the field of nutrition. Yet we go to our primary care doctor and listen to what they say when it comes to what we should eat! More training is the vital foundation, and then more time during appointments must be implemented so patients understand the gravity of the situation. Let’s look at just one factor contributing to disease — obesity. We know that statistically over 70% of American adults are considered obese or overweight, and what’s even more alarming is that one in three of our high school students now fall into that classification as well. It’s only going to get…