2024 Recorded Symposium Session: The Role of RDs in the Emerging Field of Lifestyle Medicine
From well-respected medical organizations to health and wellness influencers, everyone seems to be touting the benefits of “lifestyle medicine.” Although it may seem like the newest fad, using lifestyle as medicine is actually not new. Its long history and the convincing science that stands behind it ensure that it’s much more of a rising tide than a fleeting trend, and dietitians have a crucial role to play in this powerful way of addressing our nation’s top chronic diseases.
Join Kayli Anderson, MS, RD, DipACLM, ACSM-EP, and Paulina Shetty, MS, RD, CPT, DipACLM, as they discuss the evidence behind the six pillars of lifestyle medicine, why dietitians are a crucial part of the lifestyle medicine team, and how to get involved in this emerging field.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education activity, health care professionals will be better able to:
- Define lifestyle medicine and explain the six pillars.
- Describe the positive impact lifestyle medicine can have on client health outcomes.
- Detail the history and competencies of the field of lifestyle medicine.
- Explain the RD’s role in lifestyle medicine and how they can get involved in this space.
Additional Information
Kayli Anderson, MS, RD, DipACLM, ACSM-EP, is an RD who specializes in women’s health. She’s board-certified in lifestyle medicine and also holds certifications in women’s integrative medicine, intuitive eating, exercise physiology, and natural foods cooking. She serves as lead faculty of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s (ACLM) Food As Medicine course and cochair of their Women’s Health Member Interest Group. She’s a fellow of ACLM and is the creator of the women's health website Plant-Based Mavens (plantbasedmavens.com). Anderson is a contributing author of two lifestyle medicine textbooks, including the first one on women’s health. She has worked with organizations like the Blue Zones, Full Plate Living, The Plantrician Project, and the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group to develop nutrition content, recipes, and educational programs. Anderson lives in the mountains of Colorado with her husband and son.
Paulina Shetty, MS, RD, CPT, DipACLM, serves as senior director of education for the ACLM. Her experience spans working in clinical, fitness, public health, academic, and nonprofit settings. She received her Bachelor of Science in medical dietetics from the University of Missouri and her Master of Science in Nutrition and Physical Performance from Saint Louis University, and became certified in lifestyle medicine in 2018. She also serves as a nutrition professor at Johnson County Community College. Shetty is passionate about sharing the hope of lifestyle medicine to treat and reverse chronic disease as well as restore health for providers, professionals in training, the general public as well as friends and family. She resides in Redlands, California, with her husband and two sons, and enjoys offering culinary medicine workshops to residency programs, trying new whole food plant-based recipes, and taking day trips to the beach.
The faculty and planners of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products use by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company 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
- 1.00 CDR