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G. Other Areas
G.2 Contemporary Trends
Content
Areas
- Dietary
guidelines
- Vitamins,
minerals, and herbal supplements
- Food
fads, fad diets, and weight loss
- Vegetarianism
- Dietary
supplements
- Food
safety
| After
training, the learner will be able to: |
| Knowledge
Objectives: Medical Students |
- Summarize
the current American Heart Association (AHA), American Diabetes
Association (ADA), National Cancer Institute (NCI), USDA,
and USDHHS dietary guidelines for healthy Americans.
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| Knowledge
Objectives: Residents |
- List
the likely nutritional benefits and consequences of a vegetarian
diet, and describe the typical clinical presentation of
a vegetarian patient with a nutritional deficiency.
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| Knowledge
Objectives: Specialists |
- Evaluate
the evidentiary basis of efficacy for the five most commonly
used commercial weight reduction diets.
- List
at least five of the most commonly used dietary supplements,
and identify their bioactive components.
- Define
the terms phytochemical, phytonutrient, and nutraceutical,
give at least three examples of each, and evaluate the scientific
evidence for the use of these supplements to prevent disease.
- Given
a patient’s nutrition history and disease status, predict
two potential Deleterious and two beneficial effects associated
with each of five common dietary supplements.
- Define
the term functional foods; evaluate the scientific evidence
for or against incorporating functional foods into the diet
for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Medical Students |
- Take
an appropriate and culturally sensitive diet history that
includes an assessment of use of fad foods and herbal and
dietary supplements.
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| Practice
Behavior Skills: Residents |
- Effectively
communicate with patients the benefits and effects of various
popular dietary supplements, complementary and alternative
medicines, and commonly used weight reduction programs.
- Effectively
communicate with patients to provide accurate nutritional
information and dispel misinformation, including information
about dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, functional foods,
and fad diets for weight loss or disease prevention and
treatment.
- Effectively
counsel patients to make informed decisions about the use
of food supplements and adoption of commonly used weight
reduction diets and programs.
- Accurately
interpret contemporary nutrition information from a wide
variety of scientific and lay literature and apply that
knowledge appropriately to the care of patients.
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| Attitude
Objectives: All Learners |
- Demonstrate
an accurate awareness of the limitations of his/her knowledge
of nutrition.
- Demonstrate
a willingness to seek out the best available medical knowledge
relevant to the nutrition of patients.
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