Rolling Admission, Online
Online, Self-directed, rolling admission
Start any time. Online - Self-Paced.
Jen Uschold
RegisterLifestyle Medicine and Nutrition
For: PT, PTA, OT, OTA, MD, DO, RN, NP, PA, PSYCH, ATC, Other Licensed Health Care Providers
Nutrition plays a vital role in health and wellness. This course will help the learner recognize the role food plays in lifestyle-related disease. In Lifestyle Medicine, the practitioner must move beyond diets and work to change behaviors through medical nutrition counseling. A special focus will be on nutritional prescription that will inspire clients to change food consumption habits to improve the human experience.
Course Objectives/Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful participant will be able to:
- Understand current American dietary guidelines and how science-based recommendations are different
- List key macro and micronutrient areas where Americans get too much and or are lacking
- Understand how to make Lifestyle Medicine Nutrition Recommendations
- Describe the role and implication of nutrition in common Lifestyle Related diseases and how Lifestyle Medicine can prevent/treat/reverse
- Summarize how the physiology of diabetes is impacted with plant-based nutrition • Briefly describe role of epigenetics and nutrition
- Summarize impact of nutrition on sleep
- Cite relevant nutrition studies for nutrition prescriptions
- Be able to use nutrition in all phases of illness and health
- Develop an understanding on how to coach a person through a nutrition prescription
Applicability
Evidence in Motion is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID# 5557. This distance learning-independent activity is offered at 11.5 Contact hours/ 1.15 CEUs Introductory, Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.
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