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ForwardSponsored Webinar: Almond Intake and Blood Sugar Control
Sponsored By: The Almond Board of California
Join us to learn about emerging research on the effects of almond consumption on short and longer-term glycemia.
This webinar is approved for 1.0 CPEU from the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The provider of CPE credit is the Almond Board of California. Learners must register for the course to complete the evaluation maintained by the Almond Board of California to claim CPE credit.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the role of nutrition in blood sugar regulation and development of prediabetes and diabetes
- Explain how consumption of almonds can support healthy blood sugar control and improve diabetes risk factors
- Describe the results of research on the impact of almonds on short and longer term blood sugar control and new findings among Asian Indians with prediabetes and overweight/obesity showing that 12 weeks of almond snacking reversed prediabetes in nearly one quarter of study participants
Speaker:
Dr. Rick Mattes
Distinguished Professor, Nutrition Science, Purdue University
Dr. Rick Mattes is a Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and Affiliated Scientist at the MonellChemical Senses Center. He is the Head of the Purdue Ingestive Behavior Research Center, was a member of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and is a past-president of the American Society of Nutrition.
Speaker:
Dr. Robert Considine
Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Robert Considine is Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. His research is focused on understanding the contribution of obesity to the development of diabetes and its complications. He is Associate Director of the Indiana University School of Medicine NIH funded Diabetes Center Translation Core and Administrative Director of the Diabetes Center at the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute.
This webinar is approved for 1.0 CPEU from the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The provider of CPE credit is the Almond Board of California. Learners must register for the course to complete the evaluation maintained by the Almond Board of California to claim CPE credit.
Available Credit
- 1.00 Attendance
Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.