Ziekenhuizen serveren ongezonde voeding.*

In de VS blijkt dat veel ziekenhuizen, zelfs de best bekend staande, ongezonde voeding met transvetten serveren. Volgens schattingen sterven in de VS jaarlijks 30.000 mensen aan de consumptie van transvetten. Dit blijkt uit onderzoek door de American Medical Student Association (AMSA), de al ruim 50 jaar bestaande vereniging van medische studenten. Ziekenhuizen zouden net een goede gezondheid moeten promoten door patiënten een gezond menu voor te zetten. Het is bedroevend dat doktoren hun patiënten vertellen welke voorzorgen ze moeten nemen tegen bijv. een hartziekte terwijl het ziekenhuis zelf ongezonde voeding aanbiedt.

Many Top US Hospitals Serve Artery-clogging Foods

It is estimated that trans fat kills about 30,000 Americans each year. And according to today's report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, many of the nation's top hospitals serve food that is prepared with artery-clogging trans-fat - harming patient, staff and visitors. The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), the nation's largest, independent medical student organization urges all medical students to work with their hospitals to eliminate trans fats from all dining services and promote healthy nutrition.
AMSA has also launched the Healthy Foods in Hospitals Campaign to improve the food environment within hospitals. Hospitals should promote good health and provide a menu that consists mostly of healthy choices. With many hospitals housing fast food chains on their grounds, there is a lot of room for improvement.
“Hospitals have a responsibility to provide a healthy environment to the communities they serve,” says Leana S. Wen, AMSA's national president. “As medical students, we believe that when hospitals allow unhealthy fast food on their premises, it sends the wrong message to their patients. Hospitals should promote good nutrition and healthy eating options as a way to prevent and treat disease.”
“The medical community must ‘practice what it's preaching,'” says Lenny Lesser, AMSA's Healthy Foods in Hospitals Campaign coordinator. “It is deplorable for a doctor to see a patient and lecture them on taking precautions against heart disease, while there is a McDonald's in hospital lobby serving lunch. The goal of this campaign is to foster healthy nutrition within hospitals.”
For more information, please visit:
www.amsa.org/cph/healthyhospitals.cfm.
About The American Medical Student Association
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with more than a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States. Founded in 1950, AMSA is a student-governed, non-profit organization committed to representing the concerns of physicians-in-training. With nearly 60,000 members, including medical and premedical students, residents and practicing physicians, AMSA is committed to improving medical training as well as advancing the profession of medicine. AMSA focuses on four strategic priorities, including universal healthcare, disparities in medicine, diversity in medicine and transforming the culture of medical education.
To learn more about AMSA, our strategic priorities, or joining the organization, please visit us online at www.amsa.org. (Februari 2006) (Opm. In Europa zal de situatie niet anders zijn, oppassen dus. Meer over transvetten klik hier)