Neena E. Thomas-Eapen (United States of America)
University of Kentucky
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Dr. Neena Thomas-Eapen is originally from Kerala, India. She graduated from Medical College, Trivandrum, University of Kerala, India. After general surgery training and senior research fellowship, she briefly worked in a rural mission hospital before moving to the USA. She did a family medicine residency at the University of North Dakota(UND) Center for Family Medicine in Minot, North Dakota, USA, and a fellowship in integrative medicine at the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA. She is double board-certified in family medicine and integrative medicine. She was Associate Director of residency at the UND Center for Family Medicine for several years. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Kentucky. She leads integrative medicine education for faculty, residents, and medical students at the College of Medicine. She lectures nationally and internationally on integrative medicine topics, particularly on mind-body approaches to health and healing. She has an integrative primary care clinic focusing on lifestyle management and mind-body medicine at the family medicine clinic of the University of Kentucky health care system.

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BRIEF INTERVENTIONS ON MODIFIABLE DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH: BEHAVIORAL DIETARY COUNSELING WITH THE 24 HOUR RECALL

Session Name
PATIENT EDUCATION (ID 100)
Date
05.07.2021, Monday
Session Time
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Room
On-Demand Short Orals
Presenter
Lecture Time
09:05 AM - 09:10 AM
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On Demand

Abstract

Abstract Body

Background:

It is a challenge to incorporate dietary counseling for lasting change to improve health outcomes. Diet is a crucial determining factor in health to reduce morbidity. The 24-hour dietary recall is a validated tool for dietary assessment in the United States and is one of the methods which can be done in a single office visit effectively reducing the need for a formal nutrition consult.

Aim and learning objectives:

Learn :

To incorporate 24-hour dietary recall into practice.

How to incorporate the patient’s food culture into the conversation and its importance.

Why 24-hour recall is a good method for use in dietary counseling when time is limited.

How to educate broad principles of the Mediterranean diet in the cultural context.

Methods and timetable:

Time in minutes

Introduction/background: 10

Present research on dietary counseling and benefits of 24 hr. method: 10

Ask participants to fill out the form: 10

Our patient cases, experience and results: 20

Ask participants to write what is healthy: 10

24 Hr. dietary recall role play along with counseling about Mediterranean diet: 15

Questions: 15

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Total time: 90

Results / Conclusions:

Using this method will help physicians to individualize dietary counseling in a time-efficient manner for their patients. In addition, utilizing this method along with our simplified version of Mediterranean diet principles can help our patients feel more empowered by their physician to make dietary changes, effectively lose weight and lower A1c.

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