?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Importance+of+Physicians'+Nutrition+Literacy+in+the+Management+of+Diabetes+Mellitus%0A&rft.creator=Schulman%2C+Jessica+A.&rft.creator=+Rienzo%2C+Barbara+A.&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=Despite+pharmacological+advances+in+diabetes+treatment%2C+medical+nutrition+therapy+(MNT)+continues+to+be+an+essential+component+of+diabetes+management.+Nonetheless%2C+physicians+have+missed+opportunities+to+provide+nutrition+counseling+to+their+patients.+This+presents+a+problem+because+Type+2+diabetes+is+an+epidemic+with+severe+consequences+that+result+from+non-adherence+to+nutrition+protocols.+The+goals+of+this+article+are%3A+1)+to+explore+reasons+for+the+continued+paucity+of+nutrition+education+in+medical+training+programs%2C+2)+to+describe+how+a+power+educative+approach+can+be+used+to+improve+patient+outcomes%2C+and+3)+to+identify+considerations+for+improving+nutrition+literacy+among+physicians.+These+analyses+lead+to+several+recommendations+for+improving+nutrition+education+for+physicians.%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2399%2F1%2Ff0000022.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schulman%2C+Jessica+A.+and++Rienzo%2C+Barbara+A.++(2001)+The+Importance+of+Physicians'+Nutrition+Literacy+in+the+Management+of+Diabetes+Mellitus.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2399%2F