One of the positive aspects of the COVID-19 public health emergency is a renewed focus on the nutrition needs of older adults, and the importance of nutrition on overall health, wellbeing, and functionality. Providing nutrition education is a key function…
Seizing Opportunity from the Jaws of Crisis: A Playbook for Nutrition
Global nutrition priorities, financing, and governance have evolved significantly over the last two decades. The translation of scientific evidence and cross-sector program data and experience has played a leading role in this evolution. But evidence alone is insufficient to stimulate…
The New Nutrition Reality: Time to Recognize and Tackle the Double Burden of Malnutrition!
The world is facing a new nutrition reality in which persistent undernutrition and escalating overweight and obesity coexist within countries, communities, households, and individuals. This double burden of malnutrition brings a set of new challenges for policy and programming. This…
Providing Culturally Inclusive Nutrition Services to Diverse Older Adults
Senior nutrition programs are increasingly charged with meeting the needs of diverse communities. According to federal data, racial and ethnic minority populations served by the Aging Network have increased from 7.5 million (19% of the older adult population) in 2008…
Food and the Aging Brain: Updates on Nutrition and Cognitive Health in Older Adults
The Food Forum will host a webinar that will explore the relationship between nutrition and dietary patterns and the aging brain. Speakers will discuss an overview of the dimensions of cognitive health, nutrition and specific nutrients for cognitive function, and the relationship…
Cooking for Wellness Chef Series – Cooking up Culture with Chef Yazzie
The Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute (co-host of the Annual Conferences on Native American Nutrition) is excited to announce our new Cooking for Wellness Chef Series Cooking Up Culture, featuring 2019 Conference workshop presenter Brian Yazzie. Brian Yazzie aka Yazzie The…
Social Isolation among Older Persons: Hidden in Plain View
Social isolation is a growing health crisis. Despite its name, it is in plain view and begs attention. With the growing number of older persons at risk, health professionals and caregivers should be on alert, to identify and respond to…
Caring for Those Who Care: Meeting the Needs of LGBT Caregivers
This webinar will help providers further their understanding of the experiences of LGBT caregivers and improve their multicultural capacities to meet caregiver’s needs. This webinar is part of the cultural competency training curriculum created by the staff of the Diverse…
Flattening the Caregiver Crisis Curve
Even before COVID-19 struck, a growing number of Americans were already challenged with family caregiving responsibilities, their own deteriorating health, and difficulties balancing work and family caregiving responsibilities. Caregivers in Crisis, a recent report from The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving (RCI)…
Deep Dive: Issues Affecting Native American Communities During the COVID-19 Crisis
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This webinar called attention to the social determinants of health that put these individuals at significant risk for contracting the virus and experiencing adverse health outcomes…
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