Hospitals with 100 Percent Plant-Based Menus [Video]

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Globally, 11 million deaths are attributable to dietary factors each year, “placing poor diet ahead of any other risk factor for death in the world.” Given that diet is our leading killer, you’d think it would be emphasized in medical school, but there is a deficiency of nutrition education in medical training. A systematic review found that despite the centrality of nutrition to healthy lifestyle, graduating medical students are not supported through their education to provide the necessary care.

It could start in undergrad. What’s more important—learning about humanity’s leading killer, or organic chemistry?

In medical school, students may average only 19 total hours of nutrition out of thousands of hours of instruction, and they’re not even being taught what’s most …