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ForwardStudy Guide: Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives
This continuing education activity, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives, program consists of a book of the same title by Daniel J. Levitin, PhD, and this study guide. This activity is designed to provide you with the latest scientific evidence regarding successful aging that can help you, your patients and clients improve the quality of life and continue to thrive far beyond the conventional age of retirement. It is also designed to help you earn 26 continuing education credits for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will better be able to:
- Recognize the impact of childhood personality traits on one’s health- and disease-span.
- Identify the “big five” dimensions that determine a person’s personality.
- Explain the personality factors that correlate highly with good health and long life.
- Counsel clients on how they can use the COACH practices to maintain their intelligence.
- Impress upon clients that when it comes to successful aging what matters is health-span, not lifespan.
Additional Information
Cynthia Moore MS, RDN, FAND, CDCES, NBC-HWC, c- IAYT, is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, board certified Health and Wellness Coach and yoga therapist. MS in Nutrition Science-University of California, Davis, Coach training, Duke. Cynthia is co-founder of the Hygeia Wellness Park, and clinician/founder of the Me2 Nutrition practice with the Hygeia Health Services. She is a contractor through Techwerks and Georgetown University to the Veterans Administration serving as faculty in Eating for Whole Health, Health Coaching and Whole Health in Your Practice.
Cynthia has been nutrition faculty at three medical schools (West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Maryland Medicine, University of Virginia) and was employed as the RD researcher on an NIH nutrition academic award at the University of Maryland Medicine. Research experience includes studies on diabetes self-management, coaching and mind-body skills through both UMD and UVA.
She’s the author of 2 books: Live, Love, Lead: 10 simple skills to transform stress (2016),and co-author with Kris Bonham of Nourishing Resilience Essentials, (2021), workbook for a 7-week Nourishing Resilience course. She served on the committee for advanced credentialling, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Cynthia has written and reviewed patient teaching materials for Milner-Fenwick/ The Wellness Network now owned by Web MD. She’s been a speaker, published and presented with others in academic settings including Diabetes Scientific Sessions, AADE/Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the Institute of Coaching.
Disclosures:
Cynthia Moore, MS, RDN, CDCES, NBC-HWC, c-IAYT, faculty for this educational event, is stockholder for Amgen and Novo Nordisk. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 26.00 CDR