Healthy Eating in Practice is a hands-on CME conference for physicians and other healthcare professionals to better support healthy eating.

Intended for:

• Physicians
• Nurses
• Dietitians
• Health Educators
• Community Advocates

Grounded in experiential learning, this national conference will equip practitioners with skills and approaches that work in the day-to-day reality of healthcare.

The World Health Organization estimates that by 2020 two-thirds all deaths will be attributable to chronic preventable diseases, most of them strongly associated with diet, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and stroke. Treating these diseases is expensive, and often it isn’t working. We know that diet and lifestyle modifications are better solutions, particularly in early childhood, when instilling lifelong habits can positively impact the whole family. But it can be difficult to make changes in our clinical practice. Healthy Eating in Practice offers the tools and resources we need to implement healthy eating practices with our patients, our communities, our world, and ourselves.

At the conclusion of this conference, attendees will be able to:

• Cite​ ​evidence​ ​for​ ​the​ ​prevention​ ​and​ ​treatment​ ​of​ ​chronic​ ​diseases​ ​through​ ​lifestyle​ ​changes
• Evaluate self-efficacy in the ​healthy​ ​eating​ ​behavior/attitude​ ​of​ ​the​ ​clinician and how that affects​ ​treatment​ ​of​ ​the​ ​patient
• Apply proven techniques to effectively​ ​counsel​ ​patients​ ​about​ ​diet​ ​and​ ​lifestyle​ ​changes
• Recommend​ ​action​ ​steps​ ​patients​ ​can​ ​take​ ​to​ ​make​ ​changes​ ​in​ ​their​ ​diets​ ​and​ ​lifestyles, including​ ​planning​ ​and​ ​preparing​ ​healthy​ ​meals
• Demonstrate​ ​healthy​ ​eating​ ​behaviors
• Create​ ​or​ ​strengthen​ ​environments​ ​that​ ​support​ ​healthy​ ​eating​ ​within​ ​the​ ​practice​ ​or​ ​institution
• Employ​ ​advocacy​ ​skills​ ​to​ ​effect​ ​changes​ ​in​ ​local,​ ​regional,​ ​or​ ​national​ ​food​ ​policy