Description
Top selling book! Known for his integrative medical advice and common sense, Dr. Weil discusses the science behind aging and the lifestyle guidelines for keeping an aging body healthier. Learn more about the anti-inflammatory diet as it relates to aging and chronic diseases. By understanding the disease processes, it is hoped that people will make lifestyle and food intake changes to delay, reverse or avoid many chronic diseases.
Course Objectives
OBJECTIVES for SELF-STUDY COURSE
Upon successful completion of this self-study course, the users will be able to:
1. Discuss the ways that food and lifestyle choices influence expression of chronic disease.
2. Identify the influences, attitudes and physiology of aging.
3. Better assess the benefits of a anti-inflammatory diet on the health of individuals and on delay of aging and onset of disease processes.
4. Better determine appropriate intervention to protect Americans from poor health due to influences created by food and lifestyle choices.
Learning Codes
- (2000) Science of food and nutrition
- (2010) Botanicals, phytochemicals
- (2050) Genetics
- (2060) Immunology
- (2070) Macronutrients: carbohydrate, fat, protein, fiber, water
- (2080) Microbiology, food toxicology
- (2090) Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals
- (2110) Physiology, exercise physiology
- (3000) Nutrition assessment & Diagnosis
- (3090) Screening parameters, methodology, and surveillance
- (3100) Supplemental nutrients, botanicals
- (4000) Wellness and public health
- (4040) Disease prevention
- (4050) Epidemiology
- (4060) Exercise, fitness, and sports nutrition
- (4090) Health behaviors: smoking cessation, stress management
- (4110) Vegetarianism
- (4170) Men's health
- (4180) Women's health
- (4190) Elderly nutrition
- (5000) Medical Nutrition Therapy
- (5090) Adults
- (5100) Elderly
- (5120) Autoimmune diseases, arthritis, lupus
- (5130) Bone diseases, osteoporosis
- (5150) Cancer
- (5160) Cardiovascular disease
- (5190) Diabetes mellitus
- (5220) Gastrointestinal disorders
- (5260) Hypertension
- (5290) Metabolic disorders, Inborn errors
- (5300) Neurological: stroke, Alzheimer's, dementia, Parkinson's spinal cord injuries
- (5370) Weight management, obesity
- (5420) Complimentary care, alternative therapies
- (5460) Self-care management
Recommended for...
- Registered Dietitians (RD)
- Dietetic Technicians Registered (DTR)
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Certified Dietary Managers (CDM)
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