Background: Inadequate nutrition education in medical training is a prevailing global challenge. This study assessed Australian medical students' self-perceived competencies in nutrition and preferences regarding nutrition education in medical training.
Methods: We conducted a national cross-sectional online survey between September 2019 and January 2020.
Background: Poor nutrition is a major contributor to chronic disease, but the level of nutrition education in medical training is limited. Deakin University Medical School has been working to embed more nutrition into the curriculum since 2009.
Aim: To assess the nutrition content of all summative examinations in the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery over a 4-year period.
Background: Childhood obesity is a global problem. Early obesity prevention interventions are complex and differ in effectiveness. Novel frameworks, taxonomies and experience from the Early Prevention of Obesity in CHildren (EPOCH) trials were applied to unpack interventions.
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