NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Although more than 70% of surveyed optometrists felt they bore some responsibility to provide nutrition counseling to patients with diabetes, most spent less than 2 minutes doing so, according to research.
“I hope the results encourage practicing optometrists to provide their diabetic patients with proper nutrition counseling through a dietitian referral or expanding their own nutrition knowledge,” Reena Lepine, OD, FAAO, associate professor at Southern College of Optometry (SCO), told Healio.
Lepine and Mary Hoang, OD, FAAO, an assistant professor at SCO,