This session will help teachers think of novel ways to teach about nutrition and meet the nutrition components of the new health standards. We’ll talk about ways to use technology to get students to practice healthy nutrition habits, how to talk about weight and the obesity epidemic without ignoring the risks of eating disorders, and how to help students develop nutrition literacy that will serve them through life.
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Presenter:
Dr. Julie Metos, PhD, MPH, RD
Julie is the Associate Chairperson of the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology in the College of Health at the University of Utah, and the Executive Director of the University of Utah Center for Community Nutrition. Her research interests focus on child and adolescent diabetes and obesity prevention, and these interests are exemplified in her work with the Driving out Diabetes Initiative (DoDi), for which she serves on the leadership team, and also directs the DoDi diabetes prevention programs for secondary school students, and homeless children and families. She completed her doctorate at the University of Utah in the Division of Public Health. Dr. Metos received her MPH in Public Health Nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley and attended the University of Utah for undergraduate studies, receiving a BS in Nutrition and a BFA in Ballet. Dr. Metos has been employed by the University for 13 years. Prior to joining the Division of Nutrition, she was employed as the Clinical Nutrition Manager at Primary Children’s Medical Center where she directed inpatient and outpatient clinical dietitians and developed nutrition related programs and services for children and their families.
julie.metos@hsc.utah.edu
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