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Health Professional Presentations

For Women Only: Keeping Healthy through Nutrition (Slide Presentation)
Today’s woman is stretched in a million directions and taking care of herself – including practicing good nutritional habits – too often falls by the wayside. Yet eating well is one of the most important things a woman can do to stay healthy throughout her life. The latest research on nutritional interventions for conditions and diseases of particular relevance to women - including heart disease and osteoporosis - will be highlighted, as well as answers to the most-asked nutrition concerns. Through case studies, you’ll discover ways to effectively counsel and empower women to take charge and make the changes they need to ensure their good health and well-being.
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Metabolic Syndrome: Many Names, Many Questions (Slide Presentation)
Whether you call it Metabolic Syndrome, Syndrome X, or Insulin Resistance Syndrome, this constellation of risk factors is becoming more prevalent among Americans. Learn how insulin resistance is measured, the health risks associated with insulin resistance, and the scientific evidence regarding the role of macronutrient composition of the diet in people with metabolic syndrome to separate nutrition fact from folklore. Lifestyle strategies that patients and clients can use to manage metabolic syndrome will also be covered.
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Raising a Healthy Happy Eater (Slide Presentation)
Helping kids make healthy food choices can be a challenge given today’s environment. Learn how taste preferences in babies are formed and the way that plays into likes and dislikes as children age, how parent-child dynamics shape eating habits, and how kids’diets stack up against recommendations. An action plan to help parents understand the critical part they play in their kids’lives as role models and how they can help guide their child in learning to make healthy choices on their own is highlighted.
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The Skinny on Breakfast
The importance of breakfast has long been recognized and the link between eating breakfast and improved cognitive performance in kids is well established.But did you know there’s new research showing that breakfast eaters, young and old alike, tend to have
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Translating Nutrition: Helping Latino/Hispanic Americans Manage Diabetes and Heart Disease (Slide Presentation)
Reaching the Latino American/Hispanic population with nutrition and disease management messages requires more than a simple translation into Spanish. Understanding the cultural differences among the various Latino/Hispanic groups and how to best educate each group is critical in order to relay health and nutrition information that promotes positive lifestyle changes.
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Using Motivational Interviewing to Implement Heart Health Recommendations (Slide Presentation)
Learn how to integrate principles of a heart healthy diet into your counseling. Guidelines issued by both the American Heart Association’s Diet and Lifestyle recommendations and the National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III Report focus on diet as a mainstay to promote good heart health. A summary of the key principles and updates to each of the guidelines is included in this presentation, along with a look at some of the specific foods recommended in the Portfolio Diet. Using motivational interviewing techniques, you’ll learn how you can improve your counseling to help clients implement positive changes in their lifestyle and heart health.
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Weighty Matters: Translating Evidence Into Compelling “Consumer Speak”
Science-based strategies to help you help clients reach their weight management goals. Weight management is a complicated challenge for most Americans. While many people’s goal is to lose weight, for others it may be a goal of keeping lost weight off or even simply halting further weight gain. The small changes approach to weight management is an effective way to help clients deal with weight management issues and begin to make positive, lasting changes that result in good health. Science-based strategies to help you help clients reach their goals – and the research behind them – will be featured, along with communications and counseling models to help you help your clients succeed.
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The Whole Story on Whole Grain Slide Program (ppt)
The health benefits of a diet rich in whole grain are signifi cant, and whole grain has received greater public health emphasis with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which recommend three or more 16-gram servings (48 grams total) a day. The USDA MyPyramid tool recommends “make half your grains whole
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