Fueling Prevention: Federal Levers to Integrate Nutrition into Primary Care
Submitted: February, 2026
Related to recent federal directives to strengthen physician nutrition education, this paper examines family medicine’s leadership in nutrition counseling while identifying modifiable barriers limiting primary care’s prevention potential. Family physicians, comprising over 109,000 certified clinicians, provide 20% of U.S. healthcare visits and deliver substantial nutrition counseling, particularly in underserved communities.
