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This Food as Medicine course session offers a comprehensive examination of the role of nutrition in cancer risk reduction, with a focus on utilizing food as medicine to optimize health outcomes and potentially prevent cancer occurrence or recurrence. Through a blend of expert knowledge and practical clinical applications, participants will explore evidence-based nutrition therapy practices and guidelines aimed at cancer prevention, risk reduction, and enhancing survivorship through optimized health and outcomes.
Target Audience
This course is applicable for interprofessional healthcare team including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, dietitians, social workers, health coaches, and physical or occupational therapists.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Review common nutrition therapy practices for cancer.
- Describe guidelines and evidence for nutritional optimization to improve outcomes as well as primary-/tertiary-prevention of certain cancers.
- Apply nutrition guidelines towards optimizing health and outcomes for cancer inclusive of prevention and survivorship.
- Demonstrate application of food as medicine for cancer as prevention and survivorship.
Nathalie D. McKenzie, MD, MSPH, FACOG, DipABLM
Nartana Mehta, RD, LD, DipACLM