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Spotlight on Diabetes Education: Latest Nutrition and Diabetes Updates
Spotlight on Diabetes Education: Latest Nutrition and Diabetes UpdatesJoin Barbara Eichorst, MS, RD, CDCES, and Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDCES, FADCE from the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) for another special limited edition episode of Spotlight on Diabetes Education, recorded at the ADA’s 84th Scientific Sessions in Orlando, FL. This episode offers a summary of the latest updates in diabetes care that health care providers can utilize to improve their patients' treatment through various eating patterns, lifestyle intervention changes, medications, and more!
Barbara Eichorst is a certified diabetes care and education specialist, with a focus on the individualized needs of people with diabetes. The goal is to activate and empower a heathy life with diabetes, community, support, and daily joy. The approach is to create simple solutions for complex challenges and situational problem solving.
Patti is a certified diabetes care and education specialist and registered dietitian, currently working as diabetes staff development coordinator at St. Luke’s Hospital Diabetes Care Program in Duluth, Minnesota. Patti was a member of the ADA Nutrition Science Review Committee and the writing committee for the 2019 ADA nutrition consensus statement. She currently serves on the Science and Health Care Executive Council and has served on the ADA Professional Practice Committee and ADA Scientific Sessions Committee. She is a past chair of the Diabetes Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is a frequent author and international speaker on nutrition and diabetes education topics.
Discover the latest updates on eating patterns from the ADA.
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