Topic in Focus: Nutrition & Diet

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What doctors wish patients knew about pink eye

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AMA offers 10 recommendations for successful New Year’s resolutions

With the new year approaching, the American Medical Association is offering recommendations to help Americans make healthy lifestyle choices in 2018.

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Robert Carey, MD, Thomas Lee, MD, Karol Watson, MD, Paul Whelton, MD, and Patricia Salber, MD
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For most, diet and exercise—not meds—key path to lower BP

Lead authors of the new hypertension guideline emphasize the importance of lifestyle changes in patients with high blood pressure.

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Medical student Kimberly Ha
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To teach patients healthy habits, students first teach themselves

Students at Eastern Virginia Medical School have created nutrition modules that equip medical students to provide cooking and exercise classes to patients.

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Glass filled with sugary beverage.
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Sugary-drinks tax passes legal muster in Pennsylvania

Physicians support the idea to lower consumption of sugary drinks and help fund anti-obesity health programs.

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AMA adopts new public health policies to improve health of nation

The AMA's new policies — which includes continued support of vaccine policy in the U.S. — were approved during the voting session of the AMA’s Annual Meeting.

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Crowd image from AMA House of Delegates meeting.
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AMA backs comprehensive approach targeting sugary drinks

The AMA House of Delegates also encourages healthier options in hospitals, food banks, SNAP, and tackles wording that contributes to obesity stigma.

Public Health
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AMA adopts policy to reduce consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages

The AMA adopted policy, as part of a comprehensive report on sugar-sweetened beverages, aimed at reducing the amount of sugar Americans consume

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Court case tests Philadelphia’s sugary drinks tax

The City of Brotherly Love says it can tax the distribution of products that harm public health. The AMA and other health organizations support the tax.

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March 9, 2017: Judicial Advocacy Update

Learn more about how the AMA and other organizations advocate for New York City health department rule of salt-shaker sodium warnings at chain restaurants.

Advocacy Update