Culinary medicine and teaching-kitchen courses improve German undergraduate medical students' diet-related knowledge, skills and attitudes¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across nine included studies at six German sites, all reported improvements in diet-related knowledge and/or more positive attitudes toward nutrition counselling in clinical practice. → Stock-Schröer B 2026

Evidence¶

Stock-Schröer B 2026¶

Stock-Schröer B, Edelhäuser F, Scheffer C, Schweigmann L, Homberg A. (2026). How does culinary medicine training impact the diet-related knowledge, skills and attitudes of undergraduate medical students in Germany?—A systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09580-2

q3 · i? · review · r2

Systematic review (PRISMA 2020) of nine studies at six German medical schools, with two reviewers independently selecting studies and assessing quality using MMERSQI. The review reports that "All studies reported improvements in diet-related knowledge and/or more positive attitudes"; no pooled effect sizes were computed.

"Nine studies of six study sites met the inclusion criteria. All interventions were elective modules integrated into clinical education. All studies reported improvements in diet-related knowledge and/or more positive attitudes toward nutrition counselling in clinical practice."

Discussion¶

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• All identified CM/TK courses were elective, so structured culinary medicine teaching reaches only a limited number of German medical students — related
• Göttingen CM elective improved counselling skills, knowledge, attitudes, well-being and eating habits in both virtual and in-person formats, while cooking frequency did not change — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Included study quality is moderate, with a median MMERSQI score of 60 out of 100 — related
• Objective nutrition knowledge increased significantly after the 'Eat This!' online lecture series — a narrower finding that bears on this claim