Effect of nutrition education on nutrition counseling practices of family physicians.

The effects of completing a comprehensive nutrition curriculum on the nutrition counseling practices of family physicians trained at the University of Manitoba were investigated by sending a questionnaire to a group of these physicians who had completed the nutrition curriculum and a group that had not. The 48 responding family practice residency-trained physicians who had completed the nutrition curriculum, and the 41 responding hospital-trained physicians who had not, reported counseling practices that were not significantly different (p greater than .05). Implications and recommendations for future teaching of nutrition counseling skills to physicians during residency training are presented.