Introduction to Food and Health

Monday, May 23, 2016, 12:00 AM - Monday, January 1, 2024, 12:00 AM, Online Course

Internet Enduring Material Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine.

We find ourselves facing global epidemics of obesity and diabetes. To address these public health crises, we urgently need to explore innovative educational strategies for physicians and the general public. Physicians who eat a healthy, balanced diet and who understand what that entails, are more effective at counseling their patients to improve their health behaviors.

This CME activity provides a practical approach to supporting healthy eating for a variety of medical needs. Through the use of didactic videos, animated cases, and interactive activities course participants will gain proficiency in recommending well-established nutritional practices and assessing barriers to healthy eating for patients and physicians alike. By evaluating personal eating behaviors and barriers to healthy eating, physicians will emerge from the course better equipped to support sustainable positive change in their patients’ food choices while simultaneously having an opportunity to embark on optimizing their own nutritional health.

Intended Audience

This course is designed to meet the educational needs of physicians in primary care, family practice, and internal medicine as well as nurse practitioners, physician assistants and allied health professionals involved in nutritional assessment and education of patients.

  Release Date: May 23, 2016
  Latest Review Date: February 5, 2021
  Expiration Date: January 01, 2024
  Estimated Time to Complete: 2.5 hours
  Registration Fee: FREE

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AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (2.50 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (2.50 hours)

1. Describe the fundamental principles of nutrition.
2. Conduct a motivational interview and nutritional assessment in a primary care setting using evidence-based techniques and tools.
3. Formulate a strategy based on a nutritional assessment to improve their health and their patients’ health.
4. Guide patients and themselves through iterative, targeted goals to improve nutrition and health outcomes.
5. Provide patients with skills-based learning resources to support their achievement of targeted nutrition goals.

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation

American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanford Medicine designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Cultural and Linguistic Competency

The planners and speakers of this CME activity have been encouraged to address cultural issues relevant to their topic area for the purpose of complying with California Assembly Bill 1195. Moreover, the Stanford University School of Medicine Multicultural Health Portal contains many useful cultural and linguistic competency tools including culture guides, language access information and pertinent state and federal laws.  You are encouraged to visit the Multicultural Health Portal: http://lane.stanford.edu/portals/cultural.html

Bibliography

Cordain L, Eaton SB, Sebastian A, et al. Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the 21st century. The American journal of clinical nutrition. 2005;81(2):341-354.

Willett WC, Dietz WH, Colditz GA. Guidelines for healthy weight. N Engl J Med 1999; 341: 427-434

World Health Organization. "Global Database on Body Mass Index." WHO :: Global Database on Body Mass Index. 2006. Accessed January 29, 2016, http://apps.who.int/bmi/index.jsp.

For a complete list, please view the References/Bibliography page in the Course.

Disclosures

The following planners, speakers and authors have indicated that they have no relationships with industry to disclose relative to the content of this activity:

Maya Adam, MD
Lecturer
Stanford University School of Medicine
Course Director
Speaker

Tim Dang, BA
Teaching Assistant, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Stanford University School of Medicine
Planner

Jennifer Dietz, MA
Director of Evaluation, Student Affairs
Stanford University School of Medicine
Planner

Michael Pollan, MA
James S. And John L. Knight Professor of Journalism
University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism
Speaker

The following speaker indicated having relevant financial relationships with industry to disclose: 

David Eisenberg, MD
Adjunct Associate Professor of Nutrition, Dept. of Nutrition
T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Speaker
FareWell, Campus for Health (Japan), and CKK Health Products Group (China): Consulting

The Stanford University School of Medicine has received and has used undesignated program funding from Pfizer, Inc. to facilitate the development of innovative CME activities designed to enhance physician competence and performance and to implement advanced technology. A portion of this funding supports this activity.