RELEASE/EXPIRATION DATES BY PROFESSION:
 Physician Assistants: January 2, 2003 through December 31, 2004
Family Practitioners: January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004

Upon successful completion of the post test (70% or higher) and the evaluation, a CE certificate can be printed from your desktop.

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Program Goal

This program will:

  1. Explain the physiology of calcium metabolism and its relationship to obesity, and therefore prevention and management of diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
  2. Provide the healthcare professional with practical strategies for weight management counseling/education, including effective strategies for increasing calcium intake.

Learning Objectives

This self-study guide summarizes current knowledge regarding the link between calcium intake and weight management. Upon completion of the self-study guide, health professionals will be able to:

  • Discuss the health risks associated with being overweight;
  • Describe the components of a treatment plan for overweight individuals;
  • Describe the relationship between calcium and weight management;
  • Explain calcium metabolism;
  • Implement effective strategies for increasing calcium intake

Contributors

Developmental Editor
Jean Storlie, MS, RD
Manager, Health and Nutrition Communications
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Technical Editor
Cari Ahlem, MS
Nutrition Communicator
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Contributing Editors
Elizabeth Bell, PhD
Nutrition Scientist
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Marsha Bonne, MS, RD
Nutrition Scientist
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Ellen Silva, PhD
Senior Research Engineer
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Writer
Keren Price, MS, RD
Medical/Nutrition Writer

Design Coordinator
Lori Fromm, MS, RD
Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills, Inc.

Expert Review Panel

Ann Coulston, MS, RD
Hattner/Coulston Nutrition Associates

John Foreyt, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Robert Heaney, MD
John A. Creighton University Professor, Creighton University

James Hill, PhD
Director, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Colorado

Linda Siminerio, PhD, RN, CDE
Director, Diabetes Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Judy Stern, ScD, RD
Professor of Nutrition and Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis

Barbara Rolls, PhD
Helen A. Guthrie Chair in Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University

Michael Zemel, PhD
Professor of Nutrition, University of Tennessee

Accreditation

Physician Assistant

This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of two hours of clinical Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Approval is valid for two years from the issue date of January 2, 2003 through December 31, 2004. Participants may submit the self-assessment at any time during that period.

This program was planned in accordance with AAPA's CME Standards for Enduring Material Programs and for Commercial Support of Enduring Material Programs.

The following reviewers have received an honorarium for reviewing this self-study guide. Ann Coulston, John Foreyt, Robert Heaney, James Hill, Barbara Rolls, Linda Siminerio, Judy Stern, Michael Zemel. Ann Coulston is a member of the General Mills Bell Insitute of Health and Nutrition speakers bureau.

Physicians

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 2 prescribed credit hours by the American Academy of Family Physicians from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004.

 


This program was supported by an unrestricted education grant from General Mills.

 

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