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Trust Your Gut: Promoting Gut Health Through Updated Nutrition Education, Christina Cobb
Trust Your Gut: Promoting Gut Health Through Updated Nutrition Education, Christina Cobb
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Physician time and nutrition education are limited, yet lifestyle changes, including healthy eating, are often the primary intervention for both preventing & managing chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. There is growing evidence of the importance of gut health & the microbiome’s link to several aspects of health, including the immune system, mental health, and metabolic syndrome. Through collaboration with two dietitians, a "promoting gut health" patient handout was created and existing nutrition handouts were updated to reflect current dietary recommendations.
Cooking For Health: An Integrated Approach To Enhancing Food Agency, Rebecca Anne Nagle
Cooking For Health: An Integrated Approach To Enhancing Food Agency, Rebecca Anne Nagle
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications
Cooking for Health: An Integrated Approach to Enhancing Food Agency
Author: Rebecca Nagle, MSN, APRN, PNP, DNP-c
Advisor: Dr Jennifer Laurent, PhD
Mentor: Dr Amy Trubek, PhD
Background: College students have poor food habits and are disproportionately affected by food insecurity. Food agency is one’s ability to provision and cook for themselves. Promotion of healthy eating and food agency for college students has shown to increase their food self-efficacy, improve health, and prevent obesity.
Purpose: Determine the effectiveness of an undergraduate class focused on cooking for health in improving student’s food agency, eating behaviors, and health.
Methods: Undergraduate students participated …
Nutrition And Exercise Resources For Clinton County, Paige M. Wood
Nutrition And Exercise Resources For Clinton County, Paige M. Wood
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The obesity epidemic is a nation wide problem that has increased prevalence in Clinton County, NY when compared to the surrounding areas. Obesity leads to many co-morbid health conditions and is associated with a large increase in health care spending costs. This brochure tackles the limited resources, such as limited number of fitness centers, lack of nutrition education and an overall lower socioeconomic status, that is present in the Clinton County area. This brochure offers help in these areas through free phone applications which cover nutrition education, healthy shopping guidance, at home exercise routines, motivation, habit trackers and mindfulness exercises.