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Nutrition and Weight Management
This CME webinar, Nutrition and Weight Management, provides help for your patients to make evidence-based dietary changes to manage their weight and reduce their risk of disease.
Members: Earn CME (Members Only)
-- Complete this evaluation and submit for CME credit.
Learning Objectives
- Help patients make small, evidence-based dietary changes to manage their weight and reduce their risk of disease
- Explain how different foods are converted to energy and the impact of exercise on energy expenditure
- Recommend specific foods that aid in weight management
- Implement strategies to overcome patient resistance to healthy lifestyle changes
Faculty Information
Michelle May, MD, FAAFP, is the founder of the Am I Hungry? mindful eating program. She is an advisor for the AAFP Americans in Motion — Healthy Interventions fitness initiative and the author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat.
David Heber, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine and director of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, and a Past President of the American Society for Nutrition clinical division. His research focuses on the role of nutrition, botanical dietary supplements and the prevention and treatment of obesity in common forms of cancer.
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. May has disclosed that she is the owner of Am I Hungry?, P.L.L.C. and the author of several weight management books. She is on the speakers' bureau for Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition and is the AAFP liaison on the 3-a-Day of Dairy Advisory Panel.
Dr. Heber has disclosed that he is on the Herbalife International Scientific Advisory Board and is a consultant or advisor to McCormick Sciences 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. May has disclosed that she is the owner of Am I Hungry?, P.L.L.C. and the author of several weight management books. She is on the speakers' bureau for Nutrient Rich Foods Coalition and is the AAFP liaison on the 3-a-Day of Dairy Advisory Panel.
Dr. Heber has disclosed that he is on the Herbalife International Scientific Advisory Board and is a consultant or advisor to McCormick Sciences Institute.
CME Accreditation
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 1.0 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Of these credits, 1.0 conforms to the AAFP criteria for evidence-based CME clinical content. AAFP accreditation begins April 19, 2010. Term of approval is for 2 years from this date.
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 first 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.
Putting Nutrition Science to Work in Family Medicine
