WHY I’M WORRIED ABOUT . . .

THE failure to teach doctors about nutrition.

A recent U.S. study found that almost half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and diabetes are linked to the food we eat.

Good nutrition can be vital for patients recovering from surgery and disease. Yet the co-chairman of the British Medical Association’s students committee has said that many medical students feel ‘underprepared’ to manage patients’ nutrition.

I support his call for medical schools to give student doctors better training in nutrition though, frankly, I’m astounded we’re only just now talking about this.