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Originally Posted by Average_Joe
OK, doctors are not well trained in nutrition, but are well trained in solving health problems that poor nutrition leads to. Perhaps if doctors are better trained in nutrition, then they would have less need to be well trained in curing diseases.
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Heh this sounds like one of those cute sounding things that the primary care advocates say which really means nothing. The other diseases are not going away reguardless of nutrition, so the doctors still need to be trained in them. Even if they go from seeing 100 cases of X to 1 case of X a year, you would hope they knew how to deal with that 1 case of X if it was you aflicted with it.
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If a doctor is not responsible for explaining proper nutrition, then who is? A nutritionist, perhaps, but it is not common practice among the public to see a nutritionist regularly like they would a doctor. Perhaps it should be a mandatory subject in school like phys. ed. Unfortunately, I think the governments would prohibit schools from telling the truth about some foods due to pressure from big business. There really is no easy answer.
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People need to take responsiblity for their own lifestyles. There is PLENTY of information out there and if they are too stupid or lazy to crack a book I have little sympathy for them. It would be nice if there were more nutrition centers or whatever out there, but most people are fat not because of a lack of education but a lack of desire to change. I view it like smoking, a bad habbit but no one put a gun to your head making you smoke, or eat that second helping for that matter.