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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. State cardiovascular and other outcomes of long-term diet and lifestyle intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes.
  2. Describe possible reasons why the intervention did not significantly improve cardiovascular outcomes.
  3. Discuss clinical implications of the study for patients with type 2 diabetes.
  4. Describe a diabetes prevention program administered at YMCA centers that is broadly accessible to at-risk individuals in the community.
  5. Discuss results of a large randomized trial evaluating drug and lifestyle interventions in children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes.
  6. Compare the findings with data from studies of adults with type 2 diabetes.
  7. Compare the outcomes of low-fat and low-carbohydrate diets in patients with type 2 diabetes who receive minimally intensive instruction.
  8. Evaluate the clinical role of telomere length and associated testing for health promotion and disease prevention.

Disclosures

Mr. Lomangino has disclosed that he is a consultant to the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • CDR 1.0 CPEU
  • FCDN 1.0 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), provider number LI001. Registered dietitians (RDs) will receive 1.0 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for successful completion of this program/material, CPE Level 2.

LWW is approved as a provider of continuing education for the Florida Council for Dietetics and Nutrition.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: CNI1113
Published: November 2013
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Clinical Nutrition Insight
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Kevin Lomangino
Categories: Adolescent Medicine , Cardiovascular , Diabetes & Endocrine , Evidence-Based Practice , Nutrition
Specialties: Cardiology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Pediatrics
Topics: Nutrition , Older Adults , Prevention , Weight Loss