Changing the Conversation: Utilize Culinary Skills to Educate Patients with a Food First Approach | Orgain Healthcare Professional Education Series
Research shows that culinary education can improve the quality of dietary intake and change behaviors, leading to better health outcomes. Learn how to utilize culinary nutrition knowledge to support patients as both a preventive measure and an intervention method. This webinar will help increase healthcare professionals’ culinary confidence and provide realistic nutrition education strategies that can be incorporated into interventions with their clients, leveraging a food first approach.
Julie Lopez, RD
Registered Dietitian
Culinary Nutrition Consultant
Cookbook Author
Julie Lopez, RD, is a New Jersey based registered dietitian and chef nationally recognized as a food and nutrition expert. Julies passion is to educate others about nutrition through food and giving them the tools, they need to build confidence in the kitchen. It's her mission to help others appreciate all the delicious ways foods can be prepared.
She is the creator and owner of ChefJulieRD.com, as a culinary nutrition consultant, spokesperson, recipe developer, educator, and culinary instructor. Julie works with food companies, brands, and commodity boards developing recipes and culinary nutrition communication strategies. Julie published her first cookbook The Healing Soup Cookbook.
Julie is also the co-founder of Culinary Nutrition Studio, which provides culinary nutrition education to healthcare professionals, through webinars, cooking demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and self-paced courses.
Presenter
Julie Lopez, RD
Registered Dietitian
Culinary Nutrition Consultant
Cookbook Author
Course Overview
| Released: | 12/14/23 |
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| Expires: | 12/14/26 |
| Duration: | |
| Level: | Level 2 |
| Available Credit: | 1.0 CPEU |
| Performance Indicators: | 8.1.2; 8.1.3; 8.4.1; 8.5.3; 8.5.4; 9.1.3 |
This course has been approved for continuing education for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and Dietetic Technicians, Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
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