|
C. Lifespan
C.2 Young Adulthood/Middle Age
Content
Areas
- Food
preparation
- Vitamin
and mineral requirements/deficiencies and recommendations
- Preconception
nutrition counseling
- Nutrition
counseling for the active adult
- Nutritional
effects of smoking and alcohol use
- Prevention
and lifestyle modification
- Physical
activity
| After
training, the learner will be able to: |
| Knowledge
Objectives: Medical Students |
- Identify
at least four chronic diseases common to young and middle-aged
adults, and identify at least one effective nutritional
modification used to prevent and/or treat each.
- Explain
the metabolic and morphologic changes involved in growth
and development during the transition from adolescence to
adulthood.
- Summarize
the current US Dietary Guidelines and the USDA Food Guide
Pyramid.
- Cite
the prevalence of alcohol and tobacco use among young adults,
and describe the most common nutritional effects of tobacco
and excessive alcohol use.
- Compare
and contrast the components of the Dietary Reference Intake
(DRI), including Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate
Intake (AI), and Upper Limit (UL); describe the appropriate
use for each.
|
| Knowledge
Objectives: Residents |
- Identify
the prevalence of eating disorders by age and gender. Identify
at least four special populations (e.g., wrestlers and models)
at high risk for eating disorders.
|
| Knowledge
Objectives: Specialists |
- Summarize
the published nutritional recommendations for adults who
engage in differing levels of physical activity according
to the various governmental/professional medical/nutrition
organizations.
|
| Practice
Behavior Skills: Medical Students |
- Take
an appropriate medical and dietary history of a healthy
young adult; evaluate the patient’s nutritional status and
identify any nutritional concerns.
- Take
a 24-hour diet recall history, assessing the appropriateness
of food intake using the USDA Food Guide Pyramid and the
US Dietary Guidelines.
- Effectively
demonstrate how to interpret a food label to a young or
middle-aged patient.
|
| Practice
Behavior Skills: Residents |
- Effectively
counsel young adult and middle-aged patients to make informed
nutritional decisions consistent with maintaining a healthy
lifestyle and preventing disease, establishing appropriate
dietary, physical activity, and behavioral goals and adopting
strategies to achieve and maintain these goals.
- Given
a medical history including a 24-hour dietary recall, evaluate
the nutritional status of a woman of childbearing age, determine
the potential risk to a fetus should conception occur, and
provide appropriate nutritional recommendations.
- Based
on an accurate assessment of the physician’s own knowledge
and limitations, seek consultation with and refer young
adult and middle-aged patients to a registered dietitian
other credentialed nutrition professionals as appropriate.
- Provide
effective individualized nutrition counseling to young adult
and middle-aged patients, taking into account level of physical
activity, dietary intake patterns, and general health status.
- Interact
sensitively, effectively, and professionally with persons
from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, educational, and professional
backgrounds.
|
| Attitude
Objectives: All Learners |
- Recognize
ethat the influences of society during young adulthood (busy
schedules, eating restaurant foods, etc.) have nutritional
implications and may make optimum nutritional choices difficult.
- Demonstrate
a commitment to answer patients’ nutrition-related questions
and counsel young and middle-aged adults about the impact
that daily nutritional choices can have on their long-term
health and/or the health of their unborn children.
- Recognize
Recognizethe importance of sound nutritional choices for
both healthy and ill individuals.
|
|
|
