Friday, December 9, 2011

Free 1 CEU: CHO Counting from Basic to Advanced. Good Thru 2/2014

http://www.presentdiabetes.com/lecture_hall/description.php?id=261
 

Hope Warshaw currently applies more than twenty-five years of expertise in her work as a diabetes educator, nutrition consultant, and freelance writer.Hope Warshaw Associates Alexandria, Virginia Hope Warshaw currently applies more than twenty-five years of expertise in her work as a diabetes educator, nutrition consultant, and freelance writer. This lecture is intended to give practitioners an in-depth introduction to the increasingly popular diabetes meal planning approach of carbohydrate counting. The lecture begins by establishing the rationale for the use of carbohydrate counting in diabetes management. It continues with a review of current the carbohydrate recommendations for healthy eating and diabetes management. The majority of time in this lecture is spent on defining basic through advanced carbohydrate counting and describing the key knowledge and skills necessary for people with diabetes to implement this approach. The lecture concludes with a discussion of available resources to obtain the carbohydrate counts of foods and describes a method by which practitioners can teach people to build their personal food and carbohydrate database. Lastly, a discussion of the impact of carbohydrate, protein, fat and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors on glycemic rise is provided.

Goal and Objective

After participating in this activity, the viewer should be better able to:
1. Establish rationale for using carbohydrate counting as a diabetes meal planning approach
2. Present current nutrition recommendations for carbohydrate intake
3. Define basic carbohydrate counting and describe key knowledge and skills
4. Define advanced carbohydrate counting and describe key knowledge and skills
5. Discuss the impact of carbohydrate

Estimated time to complete this activity is 61 minutes.
Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians/Registered
CPEU Level 2





Accreditation and Designation of Credit

DIETITIAN: PRESENT e-Learning Systems is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered Dietitians (RDs) and Registered Dietetic Technicians (DTRs) will receive 1 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.

Release Date: 06/18/2007 Expiration Date: 02/19/2014
Peer Review: on 06/19/2007

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