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Food Connects Us: Celebrating Culture, Tradition and Inclusivity in Nutrition Practice

Food Connects Us Celebrating Culture, Tradition, and Inclusivity in Nutrition Practice

Food Connects Us: Celebrating Culture, Tradition and Inclusivity in Nutrition Practice

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Date: March 4
Time: Noon-1 p.m. (Central time)

Celebrate National Nutrition Month with the Academy during a special webinar exploring the theme "Food Connects Us." Join our panel of diverse experts as they discuss their favorite cultural dishes and ingredients. Participate in discussions with panelists and fellow attendees, sharing favorite dishes and innovative ways to incorporate cultural elements into your practice. Gain insights into how embracing food traditions can enhance cultural awareness and promote inclusivity in your nutrition practice. This webinar aims to blend storytelling with culinary exploration to highlight the universal language of food and how food connects us all!

Product Publish Details

Release Date: March 4, 2025

SKU: WEBFCU304

CPEU: 1.00 (Valid Until March 8, 2028)

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss how food traditions can foster connections across cultures and generations.
  • Develop innovative strategies to incorporate cultural elements into your nutrition practice.
  • Evaluate how embracing cultural food traditions can enhance inclusivity and patient-centered care in nutrition counseling.

Performance Indicators

  • 9.5.1 Plans and designs nutritionally sound meals, menus and meal plans that promote health and disease management, and meet client needs.
  • 1.7.2 Recognizes the importance of diversity, orientation, social and cultural norms that may have an impact on individuals, groups and plans of care.
  • 1.7.5 Applies knowledge of cultural foods, religious traditions, eating patterns and food and nutrition trends.

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Yasi Ansari, MS, RD, CSSD

Speaker

Ansari is the owner of a consulting practice specializing in nutrition for athletic performance and nutrition therapy for eating disorders/disordered eating. She helps athletes improve their relationship with food and body image. In addition, she works with adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders at UCLA Health Santa Monica. Ansari is a member of the Academy's Sports and Human Performance Nutrition dietetic practice group. She collaborates with the Athletes and the Arts initiative to help create educational content for performing arts athletes and co-hosts the Athletes and the Arts podcast. Ansari is a graduate of UCLA and earned a master's degree from California State University, Northridge.
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Sandra Arévalo, MPH, RDN, CDN, CLC, CDCES, FAND

Speaker

Arévalo is the director of community health and wellness and administrative director of the Jacob's Family Pride Wellness Center at Montefiore Nyack Hospital. A native Spanish speaker, she is an expert on Latino culture, diversity and health. Arévalo is a certified diabetes educator and provides nutrition counseling and education for lactating mothers as well as clients with chronic diseases including diabetes. Arévalo has held leadership roles in professional organizations and has received numerous awards for her work, including Mom On A Mission in 2017. Arévalo is a graduate of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and earned a master's degree from City University of New York – Hunter College.
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Grace Derocha, MBA, RD, CDCES

Speaker

Derocha is a certified diabetes care and education specialist and a national public speaker on nutrition and wellness. She is the certified pump trainer for a medical device company in Detroit providing education to patients with diabetes. Derocha also works as a health coach and educator for Marquee Health and has developed programs and products for a large health insurance company. She has a wide range of experience from working in pediatrics to seniors. She earned bachelor's degrees in dietetics and psychology from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Wayne State University.

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