Exam Room Nutrition: Where Busy Clinicians Learn About Nutrition

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This show simplifies nutrition for the busy medical professional. Feel confident answering your patient's nutrition questions. Together with her guests, Colleen Sloan, a Pediatric Physician Assistant and Registered Dietitian, offer practical strategies that bridge the gap between nutrition and medicine. This to-the-point podcast empowers Doctors, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and other healthcare providers with the nutrition education you need to transform lives. You'll be equipped with actionable tips that will renew how you approach nutrition with your patients. Explore ways to provide nutrition counseling, despite a hectic schedule with limited time, and learn to answer your patient's nutrition questions with confidence and compassion. With topics from infant feeding and picky eaters, to diabetes management and weight loss, no matter what field you work in, you will learn useful strategies that will empower you and your patient!

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Send Colleen a Text Message"My baby spits up a lot!" What the mom is actually saying to you as the clinician: "I'm really worried! Is something wrong with her?" and what the dad is saying, "Please, make it stop. I'm sick of being covered in vomit." Infant reflux is one of the most common concerns during routine well checks. Today I'm joined by Registered Dietitian and pediatric nut

53 | Gather 'Round: How to Make Family Meals Doable for Busy Parents With Picky Kids

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Send Colleen a Text MessageLet's be real - getting a meal on the table after a long work day is so tough. Juggling an infant and a wiggly picky toddler makes the mealtime experience exhausting. But yet, study after study proves family meals are crucial to children's mental, physical and emotional heath. In today's episode, we're joined by Registered Dietitian Sarah Schlichter to ex

52 | Fatty Liver Disease: The Role of Fats, Carbs and Cleanses

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Send Colleen a Text MessageDo you think carbohydrates or dietary fat affect the liver more? Are there any liver superfoods that support liver function? Should patients do a liver cleanse? These are real questions patients ask when diagnosed with fatty liver. I'm joined by fellow PA/RD, Cassidy Mccandless, to breakdown the nutrition facts for fatty liver disease management. Key Take

51 | The 5-Minute Rule - A Provider's Guide to Helping Patients Lose Weight: Part 8

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50 | What Does A Dietitian Do, Anyway?

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49 | The Biggest Cancer Nutrition Myths

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Send Colleen a Text MessageEating a healthy diet and maintaining a healthy weight are key to reducing cancer risk. However, when patients are faced with a recent cancer diagnosis or are undergoing cancer treatment, they are looking for answers. With over 1.9 million new cancer cases in 2023, the chances that you will care for a patient with cancer or one who is in remission from ca

48 | Infant Gagging, Food Aversions and Diagnosing a Pediatric Feeding Disorder

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47 | Nutrition and Infertility: Is Your Diagnosis Wrong?

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46 | Food Play: The Secret Solution to Picky Eating

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