This CME webinar, Nutrition and Heart Disease, provides help for your patients to make dietary changes to improve their cardiovascular health.
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Nutrition and Heart Disease
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Learning Objectives
- Help patients make small, evidence-based dietary changes to reduce their risk of heart disease
- Understand the positive and negative effects of different foods on cardiovascular risk factors
- Explain the difference between Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids
- Implement strategies to overcome patient resistance to healthy lifestyle changes
Faculty Information
Anthony Beutler, MD, FAAFP, is assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the director of the Uniformed Services University Injury Prevention Research Laboratory. Dr. Beutler is an advisor for the AAFP Americans In Motion—Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) fitness initiative.
William E. Lands served as Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Michigan and the University of Illinois where he studied the metabolism of fats, phospholipids, and prostaglandins. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine and the American Society for Nutrition.
It is the policy of the AAFP that all CME planning committee/faculty/authors/
editors/staff disclose relationships with commercial entities upon nomination/invitation of participation. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflict of interests and, if identified, they are resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only these participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity.
Dr. Beutler has reported that he has no relationships to disclose.
Mr. Lands has disclosed that he is on the Board of Directors and owns stock in Omega Protein, Inc. and that he has received lecture honorariums from Glasgow Health Solutions and Samueli Institute.
It is the policy of the AAFP that all CME planning committee/faculty/authors/
editors/staff disclose relationships with commercial entities upon nomination/invitation of participation. Disclosure documents are reviewed for potential conflict of interests and, if identified, they are resolved prior to confirmation of participation. Only these participants who have no conflict of interest or who agree to an identified resolution process prior to their participation were involved in this CME activity.
Dr. Beutler has reported that he has no relationships to disclose.
Mr. Lands has disclosed that he is on the Board of Directors and owns stock in Omega Protein, Inc. and that he has received lecture honorariums from Glasgow Health Solutions and Samueli Institute.
CME Accreditation
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.0 Prescribed credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. 1.0 credit conforms to the AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME clinical content. When reporting AAFP credit, report total Prescribed credit for this activity. It is not necessary to label credit as evidence-based CME for reporting purposes
The EB CME credit awarded for this activity was based on a current clinical question that identifies gaps in learners' knowledge, competency and/or performance in medical practice as identified in the current evidence available at the time this activity was approved. Since clinical research is ongoing, the American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that learners verify sources and review these as well as practice recommendations prior to implementation into practice.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this education activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The EB CME credit awarded for this activity was based on a current clinical question that identifies gaps in learners' knowledge, competency and/or performance in medical practice as identified in the current evidence available at the time this activity was approved. Since clinical research is ongoing, the American Academy of Family Physicians recommends that learners verify sources and review these as well as practice recommendations prior to implementation into practice.
The AAFP is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Academy of Family Physicians designates this education activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Development and Support
This is the second in a series of webinars produced by the AAFP and the American Society for Nutrition, where family physicians and nutrition researchers present evidence-based guidelines and practical approaches to integrating nutrition science into family medicine offices.
The webinar series is supported by an educational grant from General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition.
The webinar series is supported by an educational grant from General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition.
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