Enhancing nutrition and lifestyle education for healthcare professional students through an interprofessional, team-based training program.

Background And Purpose: Nutrition and lifestyle modifications are effective interventions in tackling many chronic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases. However, healthcare professionals are not sufficiently trained in nutrition and lifestyle education. To address this gap, we established an interprofessional, team-based framework to train healthcare professional students on healthy nutrition and culturally competent dietary coaching and motivational interviewing.