The Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) is a 5-year grant awarded to successful applicant schools of medicine throughout the U.S. The award was originally developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to encourage development or enhancement of medical school curricula to increase opportunities for students, house staff, faculty, and practicing physicians to learn nutrition principles and clinical practice skills with an emphasis on preventing cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. A second objective was to provide training modules for dissemination to other medical schools as well as other health care professional schools. An overview of the current status of the medical schools involved, the committee structure, and current status and future directions of the NAA program will be addressed.
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Keywords: Nutrition, Training
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Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.