The African Heritage & Health CPE Course: Available March 2013

The African Heritage & Health online CPE course will give dietitians and other health professionals an in-depth overview of the African Heritage Diet and the information and tools to guide clients to better health through heritage.

Covering many topics, this online training course:

• Describes the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension and other diet-related chronic diseases in people of African Heritage and identifies barriers to achieving better health and nutrition outcomes.
• Describes the traditional healthy eating patterns and historical foodways of the African Diaspora, and reviews the expression of this healthy eating pattern as shown in the African Heritage Diet Pyramid.
• Presents the scientific evidence supporting the benefits of traditional, plant-based and fiber-filled diets, like the Mediterranean Diet. 
• Presents Oldways’ African Heritage & Health public health programming—materials and resources, initiatives, partnerships, and future programming for dietitians and health professionals.
• Identifies how this cultural dietary model can be used to impact positive health and lifestyle outcomes.

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