Description
This course will include the following topics: age-appropriate recommendations, pediatric feeding behavior, pancreatic enzyme replacement, GI challenges, vitamin/mineral supplementation, pregnancy, CF-related diabetes, & end-of-life nutrition. Available resources will be reviewed as well as current evidence-based literature.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe the relationship of weight, growth, body mass & optimal nutritional status to CF health outcomes.
- Summarize GI challenges, recommended vitamin & mineral supplementation & enzyme management throughout the life cycle.
- Summarize nutrition challenges & management techniques of adults who have CF including CF-related diabetes & pregnancy.
Speaker(s):
- Amanda
Leonard,
M.P.H., R.D., C.D.E.
- Karen
M. Maguiness,
M.S., R.D., C.S.P.,
Pediatric Pulmonology Dietitian
- Catherine
M. McDonald,
Ph.D., R.D.N., C.S.P.,
Clinical Dietitian
- Suzanne
Michel,
M.P.H., R.D., L.D.N.
- Ronalee
Robert,
R.D., C.D.E.
- Jillian
Sullivan,
M.D.,
University of Vermont Children's Hospital
