Thinking Outside the (Lunch) Box

Lucan talks about promoting healthy foods. He's family physician in the Bronx NY. His patients are predominantly lower-income minorities who face many obstacles to healthy eating. During patient visits, he has seen Coca-Cola in baby bottles and french fries as infant food. A common theme in his...

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Published in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2016-01, Vol.315 (1), p.27-29
Main Author: Lucan, Sean C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diet
Patient education
Physicians
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Summary:Lucan talks about promoting healthy foods. He's family physician in the Bronx NY. His patients are predominantly lower-income minorities who face many obstacles to healthy eating. During patient visits, he has seen Coca-Cola in baby bottles and french fries as infant food. A common theme in his patients' diets is a paucity of whole foods and a preponderance of ultraprocessed products. Certainly, education plays a role; his patients generally have lower levels of schooling and lower health literacy. Part of his job as a physician is to educate. Given that nutrition impacts general health and wellness and the management of virtually all disease states, he finds himself counseling on diet at most patient visits.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2015.15971