Nutritional Counseling
Faculty:
Marcia Magnus, PhD (view profile)
Steven Green, DDS. (view profile)
Price: $65.00
Duration: 12 Hours
The introduction to this course mentions the constant changes taking place in our culture's nutritional patterns, due greatly to our population's diversity and to efforts to achieve weight loss and better health. Nutritional counseling must focus on the relationship of proper diet to the prevention of disease. This course examines the basic food groups as well as the many supplements, refined sugars, and additives that make their way into the food we eat. Food and drug interactions and an examination of eating disorders follows.
Nutrition as it relates to specific stages of life from infancy to old age and the special dietary needs of the chronically ill is examined. Etiologic factors involved in dental caries and periodontal disease are described as are early signs of systemic disease which often first manifests itself in the oral tissues. Nutritional counseling for HIV/AIDS patients provides tips on food sanitation and the avoidance of wasting syndrome.
In conclusion, the course stresses the necessity of remaining within the scope of one's practice when the indication for nutritional counseling arises. This workbook is an excellent companion piece to Nutrition & Health by the same faculty.
