ADA Food and Nutrition Conference and Exhibition
San Antonio Marriott River Center
San Antonio, TX
October 25-28, 2003
http://www.eatright.org/Public/96_13100.cfm

Older Adults Sessions Track suggested by the Gerontological Nutritionist Practice Group

GN Sponsored activities:

Monday, October 27, 2003
6:00 - 8:00pm GN Member meeting and reception at Casa Rio Restaurant on the Riverwalk

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
8:00am -9:30am Get Moving! Older Adults Reap Benefits from Physical Activity

Sessions

Saturday, October 25, 2003
12:00pm - 4:00pm

• New JCAHO Standards, Productivity and Staffing: Charting the Course
• Optimizing Glycemic Control with Diabetes Technology and Diabetes MNT with Intensive Insulin Therapy
• Women's Heart, Weight, Health and Hormones: A "Hot Issues" Symposium

Sunday, October 26, 2003
8:30pm - 10:00am

• Decongesting Congestive Heart Failure: Its More Than Just a 2-Gram Sodium Diet
  Feeding the Terminally Ill
• Physicians and Dietitians Working Together for Medical Nutrition Therapy Referral and Reimbursement
  

10:30am - 12:00pm

• Food for Thought: Rethinking the Impact of Vitamins and Minerals on Cognition
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Self-care, Nutrition Management and Public Health
• The Critical Role of Nutrition in Patients with Chronic Renal Insufficiency

1:30pm - 3:00pm

• The Forgotten Diabetes Complication: Periodontal Disease
• ADA's Standardized Nutrition Care Process: Providing Quality Nutrition Care in a Variety of Practice Settings
• Pleasing the Aging Palate: What to Do When Taste Changes
  

3:30pm - 5:00pm

• The Fountain of Youth: Observations on Living to 100
• A Successful Future in Outcomes Research: Obesity, Diabetes and Beyond
• Healthy and Active Lifestyles in a Modern Society: Knowledge and Environmental Influences

Monday, October 27, 2003
8:00am - 9:30am

• Charting the Course for Long-term Care Nutritional Strategies
• Make the Link: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes and Medical Nutrition Therapy

9:45am -10:45am

• The Health of our Nation: The United States Surgeon General

12:30pm - 1:30pm

• ADA's Reality Show: Real Stories, Real Members, Real Prizes

2:00pm - 3:30pm

• Is the National Dysphagia Diet Hard to Swallow?
• Diabetes and Pre-diabetes: Effectiveness of Plant-based Interventions
• Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy: Expanding Practice Opportunities While Increasing Consumer Access

4:00pm - 5:30pm

• Advanced Level Practice in Action
• Public Health and Nutrition Education Challenges of the 21st Century

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
8:00am -9:30am

• Improving Quality of Life: Demonstrate Medical Nutrition Therapy Outcomes that Patients and Payers Value
• Get Moving! Older Adults Reap Benefits from Physical Activity

10:00am - 11:00am

• What's the Story with Dietary Supplements? Reading Between the Lines and Dealing with the Confusion
• Nutrition and Renal Transplantation: Conquering Nutrition Problems Toward Successful Outcomes

12:30pm - 2:00pm

• HIPAA: Where Are We Now? Implications for Dietetics Professionals

2:30pm - 4:00pm

• Water Works: New Guidelines and New Options
• Cost-effective, Quality Foodservice
  

Posted 8/28/03