Webinars
Surprisingly Nutritious: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Today’s Better-for-You Foods
Join Allison Stowell and Kitty Broihier for this free, one-hour webinar. CPE credit is approved for Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered.
Are you interested in diving deep into shifting supermarket trends, including the progression toward healthier, packaged foods? Join us to learn how to educate consumers and guide them toward healthier items in the supermarket. The Guiding Stars program is one tool toward achieving this. You will also learn how to enable consumers to identify and shop for foods that help them meet their nutrition goals, whether that shopping is done online or in-store.
Participants will be able to:
- Discuss shifting supermarket trends toward better-for-you packaged and convenience foods
- Review techniques and tools nutrition professionals can use to assist shoppers in identifying foods that help them meet their diet goals
- Critically analyze foods to identify how they contribute to a balanced daily intake and communicate message to consumers
- Share strategies and education gained with patients, clients, colleagues, students, and others to increase their knowledge and understanding of how to create a healthier home kitchen through better shopping skills
Performance Indicators:
- 8.3.6 Keeps abreast of current nutrition and dietetics knowledge and trends.
- 8.4.4 Considers customers choice, beliefs, food sensitivities, allergies, wants and needs.
- 11.2.6 Communicates claims about product and service to customers, identifying validated product ingredients, indications, and evidence-based characteristics.
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