PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition Methodology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1672864
The Undernourished Curriculum: What happened to Nutritional Education in the Medical Curriculum?
Provisionally accepted
Katarina Milosavljevic1,2*
Jessica Meng2
Varsha Sahoo2
Kevin Trac2Jelissa Hernandez2Saranjeet Kaur2Anaha Raghunathan2
Kamilah Ali2- 1Touro University, New York City, United States
- 2Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Harlem Campus, New York, United States
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Nutrition is a cornerstone of disease prevention and health promotion, yet medical education, particularly within osteopathic schools, continues to fall short in preparing future physicians to address nutrition in clinical care. Despite the rising burden of diet-related conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, most United States medical students receive fewer than the recommended 25 hours of nutrition education. This perspective article explores the current state of nutrition education in osteopathic medical schools, examines the role of emerging clinical models such as "Food is Medicine," and outlines opportunities for reform that align with the holistic philosophy of osteopathic medicine.
Keywords: nutrition, Education, Osteopathic, lifestyle medicine, Students
Received: 25 Jul 2025; Accepted: 23 Sep 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Milosavljevic, Meng, Sahoo, Trac, Hernandez, Kaur, Raghunathan and Ali. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Katarina Milosavljevic, kmilosav@student.touro.edu
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