Current status of nutrition training in graduate medical education from a survey of residency program directors: a formal nutrition education course is necessary. Program Support for Nutrition Training Ninety-seven percent of educators responding to the online survey believed that nutrition education was at least somewhat to moderately important. Simplifying a nutrition curriculum for residency training that targets the most salient components of nutrition knowledge integrated with training in effective behavior change has the greatest potential to optimize both resident skills and patient outcomes. Roughly half of American adults suffer from preventable, diet-related chronic disease, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, and obesity.[1] Long-term adverse conditions are associated with obesity,[2] but despite a $66 billion weight-loss industry[3] and numerous initiatives by both the government and the medical community, obesity remains pervasive. [Extracted from the article]