Sponsored By: National Dairy Council

This Sponsored Satellite Program was originally presented at NUTRITION 2024, ASN's flagship meeting which was held June 29 to July 2, 2024 in Chicago, IL.

This webinar is approved for 1.5 CPEU from the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The provider of CPE credit is the National Dairy Council. Learners must register for the course to complete the evaluation maintained by the National Dairy Council to claim CPE credit.

Achieving diet quality by consuming a balance of nutrient-dense food groups is foundational for promoting lifelong health and wellness. Yet, the majority of Americans do not consume nutritionally adequate diets, and pervasive inequities in nutrition security and diet-related chronic diseases persist among people of varying race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, geographic region and more. Identifying and understanding evidence-based solutions to promote nutrition and public health across diverse populations is essential to achieve equitable health and wellness for all Americans. This session will discuss the current body of science on the impact of nutrient-dense foods as part of healthy eating patterns to close gaps in nutrition security and health equity. A special focus on current barriers to adoption of healthy eating and opportunities for evidence-based strategies and interventions to address health disparities will be featured.

As a checkoff organization, National Dairy Council does not and cannot attempt to influence policy.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the body of science on dairy food’s contributions, as part of healthy eating patterns, to lower risk of nutrition-related chronic diseases and help address nutrition security in Americans
• Describe the contributions of nutrient-dense foods to nutrition security and health equity in the evolving and complex food and nutrition U.S. landscape while evaluating current challenges and promising strategies to encourage adoption of healthy eating patterns recommended by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• Discuss the state of the science on the role of milk, yogurt and cheese and their unique food matrices, including whole milk varieties, to reduce nutrition and health disparities among different racial and ethnic groups with a focus on Black Americans, and implications for health and wellness practitioners