Webinars

Precision Nutrition: What is the Best Diet for Me?

Date: May 27, 2022
Presenter: Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD

Sponsored by: American Pistachio Growers

Recorded Webinar

Session Summary:
Precision nutrition has the goal of making individualized, actionable dietary recommendations that help people decide what, when, why, and how to eat to optimize their health and quality of life. When considering if and how this concept should be applied in practice, RDNs require evidence that utilizing this strategy improves nutrition-related outcomes in patients and clients. This session will describe the current landscape of precision nutrition and help dietitians develop individualized dietary recommendations. The information will also help RDNs keep abreast of current nutrition and dietetics knowledge and trends.

CPEU: 1.0
CPE Level: 2
Performance Indicators: 12.3.1, 8.1.2, 8.3.6

Privilege and Implicit Biases in the Nutrition Profession

Date: April 21, 2022
Presenter: Kate Burt, PhD, RDN and Siew Sun Wong, PhD, MS

Recorded Webinar

Session Summary:
Throughout the last 100 years, diet recommendations and the nutrition profession reflect privilege and systemic bias, which continues to blame, subjugate, and marginalize people of color (especially Asian Americans) and negatively impact public health goals and outcomes.

In this session, Dr. Burt will share the history of the profession and use the Mediterranean Diet and Monosodium Glutamate recommendations as primary examples of covert bias. To achieve health equity, we must identify the myriad forms of bias impacting the profession, understand the visible and invisible ways different persons are impacted by bias, and take specific actions to create a more equitable health and food system.

Professor Siew Sun Wong will present her 28 years of journey in the U.S. as an English as Second Language (ESL) student and later a minority faculty in the field of nutrition. Through her personal stories from experiencing implicit biases in Dietetics education, classroom discrimination, and promotion and tenure derision, she will share seven lessons learnt as a survival guide for Asian immigrants. Using the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER) curriculum, attendees will get to share their stories, their "I like, I wish, I wonder" and best practices. The session will conclude with a celebration of transformation.

CPEU: 1.5
CPE Level: 2
Performance Indicators: 1.7.3, 1.7.1, 4.2.2

AAPI Career Panel: Finding Your Path in Nutrition and Dietetics

Date: March 31, 2022
Presenters: Sherene Chou, MS, RDN; Lynn Kong, MS, RDN, IBCLC, LDN; Song Xiong, RD; Hilary Wu, MS, RD

Recorded Webinar

Session Summary:
This career panel has four amazing panelists with expertise in culinary nutrition, maternal nutrition, public health, and clinical nutrition. Their work shows various possibilities for dietitians in clinical setting, private practice, business, and research. Our panelists from different backgrounds will be sharing honest insight into their career journeys, from accomplishments to difficulties and everything in between. Whether you are a young professional looking to gain new career advice, a student thinking about your future occupation, or dietitian to learn more about the different paths that these panelists have taken, our Career Panel will cover valuable information for all.

CPEU: 1.5
CPE Level: 1
Performance Indicators: 1.2.1, 2.2.4, 3.2.2

The Food and Facts of Asian Culture and Health

Date: July 15, 2021
Presenter: Karen Lau MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES

Recorded Webinar

Presentation Slides

Session Summary:
This section will look into the diverse food culture in Asian Americans. It will highlight certain health risks among Asian Americans. Strategies in providing culturally tailored care for this population will be discussed.

CPEU: 1.5
Level: 1
Competency: 8.2, 9.2

Culturally Tailored Nutrition Counseling for Asian Populations

Hosted by the Weight Management DPG in partnership with AAPI MIG!

Date: December 2, 2020
Presenter: Manju Karkare, MS, RDN, LDN, CLT, FAND

Recorded Webinar

Presentation Slides

Session Summary:
This presentation will address the complexity and importance of providing culturally sensitive nutrition counseling. We will examine the impact of migration and predisposition to noncommunicable chronic illnesses in Asian origin populations. Common challenges and best practices will be shared to aid audience understanding of culturally sensitive communications.

CPEU: 1.0
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Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce

Whether searching the web for a new recipe or dining out, we've all come across the ""Asian-Inspired"" menu descriptor. Food bloggers, chefs and registered dietitian nutritionists all have been guilty of slapping this moniker on a dish to which they've simply added soy sauce or sesame seeds. Spread across 48 countries, there's much more to Asian cuisine than dashes of condiments.

This session features a diverse array of Asian registered dietitian nutritionist speakers, all of whom have expertise with providing culturally sensitive Asian cuisine information. This presentation will educate attendees on the five distinct geographical regions of Asia and the respective ingredients commonly used in each area's cuisine. This panel will provide the vital knowledge registered dietitian nutritionists, chefs and food bloggers need to know in order to provide informed Asian culinary guidance. It will also give attendees the confidence to develop Asian cuisine recipes and content that are regionally informed.

CPEU: 1.0
CPE Level: Level 2

Performance Indicators:

• 8.2.3 Implements individualized services to reflect customer-centered approach as it pertains to the customer's physical, social, cultural, institutional and economic environment.
• 8.1.2 Applies knowledge of food and nutrition as well as the biological, physical and social sciences in practice.
• 11.4.4 Collaborates with others to develop materials and messaging when the required skills exceed ability levels.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe fundamental characteristics of Asian cuisine across all five geographic regions.
• Provide culturally appropriate Asian culinary recommendations for clients.
• Develop Asian cuisine recipes and content that are regionally informed.

The Urgency of Awareness: A Workshop on Communicating More Effectively Across All Demographics

Date: October 15, 2020

Presenter:  Jodi Pfarr, MDiv, President, JPfarr Consulting

Sponsored by: General Mills Big G Cereals

No workshop recording is available.

Session Summary:

Food and nutrition impact every person regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and religious affiliation. It’s important to acknowledge that our age, ethnicity and gender all effect how we may use food and view nutrition.

Dietitians are inherently passionate about ensuring individuals are more aware of nutritional importance and have access to healthy food. But, how does our own experience of food impact how dietitians present our information? In the book Urgency of Awareness, we look at 18 sets of diversity. We explore 18 ways we may have experienced our societal system differently than others, thus giving us a broader understanding of how others might view food and nutrition.

If we want to maximize our efforts, we must:

1. Become aware of where we have been part of societal norms and where we have not. We need to process how our own personal experiences impact how we use food and view nutrition – and then acknowledge how that may differ for other individuals.
2. Tap into the wisdom of, become more involved in, and inform people of the work and mission of the MIGs. Even if we identify with a gender, ethnicity or age that is not the dominate, there are likely places within our life where we are part of the normalized dominate. Educating ourselves and others about the many identities people hold will help better understand how people might view food and nutrition.
3. MIGs can bring awareness to offering concrete and helpful ways to incorporate the view and experience of individuals who are not living the normalized experience. For example: when someone does not have access to fresh food due to earning an income that is lower than a livable wage, remember to offer affordable, accessible, and nutritious food options that are widely available and meet the person’s physical and ethnic needs, as well as their preferences.

Intuitive Eating for Diverse Populations: Applications for Clinicians

Date: April 21, 2020
Presenter: Cara Harbstreet, MS, RD, LD

Session Summary:
This webinar will provide an overview of intuitive eating and introduction to weight-inclusive care. It will equip attendees with the skills to recognize how multiculturally-competent care is critical for supporting healthful behavior change, as well as strategies for implementing this approach into counseling in clinical or private practice.

Learning Objectives:

1. Compare and contrast mindful eating and intuitive eating, and understand how both approaches can be used effectively in clinical or community nutrition counseling

2. Implement multiculturally-inclusive strategies in clinical practice to support health behavior change

3. Understand how Intuitive Eating Principles and Gentle Nutrition can support client/patient goals and improve clinical outcomes

Learning Need Codes:  1040, 1050, 6020
Performance Indicators:  1.3.3, 8.3.6, 9.3.3, 9.4.6

CPE Level: 1
CPEU: 1.0

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