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Have a Blast!
When clients can have lots of fun while engaging in physical activity, they’re more likely to stick with it and meet health and weight management goals—and avoid chronic disease.
In this month’s E-News Exclusive, Today’s Dietitian (TD) has exciting news about a fun cardio dance workout that’s becoming well known in the fitness industry. The workout is patterned after a variety of popular ballroom dance moves that could inspire clients to begin or continue their exercise routines. The workout was developed by one of the professional celebrity dancers from the hit TV show Dancing With the Stars.
After reading the article, visit TD’s website at www.TodaysDietitian.com to read the digital edition of the April issue, which includes articles on soymilk, fueling young athletes, protein myths and facts, and cannabis use for treating disease.
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Exercising Can Be a Blast
By Jennifer Van Pelt, MA
Fans of the celebrity dance competition TV show Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) now can do more than just tap their toes to the beat of the music during the show. They can learn basic ballroom dance moves and get in shape with LaBlast Fitness classes or DVDs. Introduced by DWTS professional dancer and choreographer Louis van Amstel, LaBlast is a fun cardio dance workout that modifies popular ballroom dance movements, such as the rumba, salsa, lindy hop, foxtrot, and waltz, to be performed in a group fitness setting—no partner required.
According to van Amstel, LaBlast is designed to accommodate all fitness and dance experience levels, and participants can move at their own pace. Like other dance-based fitness classes (eg, Zumba), movements are choreographed to music, with each song having a set pattern. Unlike Zumba, which typically limits instructors to Latin-based music and dance styles, LaBlast enables instructors to choose music from any genre and incorporate many different dance styles, which include 14 different ballroom dance steps in 75 interchangeable movement patterns.
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Healthful Food Prescriptions Could Save Lives and Money
Healthful food prescriptions through Medicare and Medicaid could generate substantial health gains and be highly cost-effective, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Yujin Lee, PhD, and Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPh, of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University in Boston, and colleagues. As noted by the authors, the findings support the implementation and evaluation of such programs within private and public health care systems.
In nearly all nations, health care spending continues to increase dramatically, with diet-related diseases being a major driver. Economic incentives through health insurance may promote more healthful behaviors, but little is known about the health and economic impacts of incentivizing diet, a leading risk factor for diabetes and CVD, through Medicare and Medicaid. Fruit, vegetable, and other produce prescriptions recently have been funded in the United States through the Farm Bill with pilot programs. However, the health impacts, costs, and cost-effectiveness of the programs haven’t been evaluated at scale.
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Pediatric Lipids and an Update on Fats
Hyperlipidemia is exceedingly prevalent in the pediatric population, and lifestyle modification is one of the most effective interventions to reduce CVD risk later in life. This webinar presented by S. Skyler Griggs, MS, RD, LDN, and Jacob Hartz, MD, MPH, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, from 2–3 PM EDT, will examine current assessment strategies and lifestyle modifications to treat hyperlipidemia in the pediatric population. Click here to register »
Malnutrition Documentation Throughout the Continuum of Care: Improving Payment and Quality Outcomes
This webinar presented by Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, CD, CNSC, CLE, NWCC, FAND, on Thursday, May 9, 2019, from 2–3 PM EDT, explains the payment structures that can be improved in hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation and long-term care facilities, and ambulatory care clinics when malnutrition is accurately identified and documented. Best practices for medical record documentation will be shared to enhance the recognition of malnutrition when it is "present on admission." Attendees will be prepared for the new payment models that will be introduced by Medicare in the new federal fiscal year. Click here to register »
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Changing the Conversation: Culinary Techniques to Meet the Needs of a Client’s Diagnosis Without Sacrificing Flavor for Diabetes & Heart Disease
In this complimentary 1-CEU recorded webinar, presented by Abbie Gellman, MS, RD, CDN, and Chef Julie Harrington, RD, learn how to educate your clients with evidence-based science, translated through food along with behavior change techniques. Learn how to evaluate clients’ cooking skills and confidence in the kitchen to set realistic food-focused behavior change goals. Sponsored by The Egg Nutrition Center. Click here to register »
Goal Diggers: Helping People Change Habits With Positivity and a Non‑Diet, Values-Driven Approach
In this complimentary 1-CEU recorded webinar, creator of the Body Kindness philosophy, book, and podcast Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RDN, EP-C, will introduce the science behind the weight inclusive (non-diet) approach and the art of using this approach to achieve positive health and well-being outcomes for people with weight concerns. Sponsored by Love One Today®. Click here to register »
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Hosting Gluten-Free Guests for Easter
By Marlisa Brown, MS, RD, CDE, CDN
For many families, Easter is a special time to come together and attend religious services, hide eggs for the kids, craft Easter baskets—and, like most other holidays, to enjoy a delicious meal and treats. Large family meals typically are a challenge in and of themselves for those hosting them, but that difficulty is compounded when guests have celiac disease or nonceliac gluten sensitivity and must eat gluten-free foods.
In all likelihood, at least one client will approach you feeling overwhelmed about preparing gluten-free menu items for their Easter guests. Luckily for your clients (and their guests), there’s no need for them to panic; as an RD, you can reassure them that making simple modifications to meals they already have planned can make it easier than they think.
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Program Mixes Nutrition, Gardening With STEM
According to Town Talk, a pilot program at two Louisiana schools is incorporating nutrition and gardening education and practice into schools’ STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula.
Deciphering Contradictory Nutrition Research
Experts weigh in on conflicting nutrition headlines to help consumers have a more nuanced view of research, The Washington Post reports. |
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In the May Issue
The Mediterranean Diet
The Gut Microbiome’s Link to Celiac Disease
Genetic Testing and Personalized Nutrition
Probiotics for Vaginal Health
Yoga and Mindfulness Therapies for Eating Disorders |
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Incorporate Food Safety Into Recipes
Safe Recipe Style Guide is a website developed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education and the Food Marketing Institute Foundation that provides guidelines for recipe writers on how they can include food safety tips in recipes. The guide addresses instructions for reaching safe cooking temperatures, hand washing, avoiding cross-contamination, and cleaning produce appropriately. Learn more » |
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