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September 2018

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Current research points to a correlation between gut health and diabetes and yet most health professionals are unfamiliar with applications to clinical care. There are a number of dietary and lifestyle factors that can lead to an alteration in gut flora, also known as the microbiome.  Join our webinar to learn about the critical role gut flora plays in affecting insulin sensitivity, insulin resistance, and alterations in the immune response. Effective nutritional strategies for improving and maintaining gut health will also be presented. Participants will leave the webinar better informed on how dietary factors affecting the gut microbiome may be considered in providing clinical care and patient counseling.

Patricia Davidson

Patricia Davidson, DCN, RDN, CDE, LDN, FAND is an Associate Professor in the Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, West Chester University-Pennsylvania. She earned her M.S. in Community Nutrition from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) and her Doctor of Clinical Nutrition (DCN) from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. She is a Certified Diabetes Educator and was Director of the Nutrition and Diabetes Care Center for the Cardiovascular Care Group in Westfield New Jersey for over 10 years. In addition, she is an author on many peer-reviewed journal articles relating to diabetes prevention and treatment, diabetes self-management, weight management and metabolic syndrome, is a sought-after national speaker on these topics, and a recipient of and consultant on numerous research grants.  

 

Title:               The Gut Microbiome-Diabetes Connection

Date:               Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Time:               12:00PM - 1:00PM EST

CE Credit:       1.0 contact hour, 1.0 CPEU

 

Upon completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

1. Describe the microbiome development and maturation.

2. Recognize the microbiome relationship to human body metabolism, obesity, metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes and the dietary factors that contribute to disruption.

3. Identify 2 clinical applications of the gut microbiome-diabetes relationship in patient care.

 

This webinar is FREE. Reserve your webinar seat now! 

 

Details on CE Credits

Neither the planners nor presenter have any disclosures to report.

To receive a CE certificate, you must individually register online for the webinar, attend the full program and complete an online evaluation.

Villanova University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Villanova University College of Nursing MacDonald Center for Obesity Prevention and Education is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1 Continuing Professional Education unit (CPEU) for completion of this activity.

The American College of Sports Medicine’s Professional Education Committee certifies that Villanova University College of Nursing Continuing Education/ Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE) meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status (December 2015-2018). Providership # 698849

 

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