Center for Healthy Living Events

Addressing Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Practical Culinary Medicine Strategies for Patients with Prediabetes

With more than 2 in 5 U.S. adults living with prediabetes (and many unaware of it), how can the healthcare team use nutrition guidance to help patients reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes?

This focused 30-minute webinar, in partnership with Avocados – Love One Today®, will highlight key dietary recommendations for reducing type 2 diabetes risk and bring them to life through practical culinary medicine examples. With a focus on nutrient-dense foods, like avocados, attendees will explore practical ways to put key dietary recommendations into practice and walk away with tips, conversation starters, and resources to help make nutrition more actionable in patient care.

About Avocados – Love One Today: Love One Today is a leading source of the healthiest reasons and tastiest ways to enjoy fresh avocados. Backed by science, Love One Today provides turnkey solutions that make it easy for health professionals to stay on top of the latest research and confidently recommend fresh avocados to clients.

Speaker

Diana Guevara, MPH, RD, LD

Nutritionist Supervisor, Nourish Program

The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health

Moderator

Rupa Mahadevan, MD

Assistant Professor, General Academic Pediatrics

Culinary Medicine Instructor, School of Public Health at UTHealth Houston

To register for the second webinar in this series, Supporting Type 2 Diabetes Management: Translating Nutrition Recommendations into Everyday Eating, please click here!

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Supporting Type 2 Diabetes Management: Translating Nutrition Recommendations into Everyday Eating

For people living with type 2 diabetes, the challenge often isn’t knowing what to eat but making nutrition guidance work in everyday life and in a way that is enjoyable and sustainable. The healthcare team can play an important role in bridging this gap.

Another focused 30-minute webinar, in partnership with Avocados – Love One Today®, will demonstrate how to translate nutrition guidance into everyday eating for those living with type 2 diabetes.

Through practical culinary examples, attendees will explore strategies for building balanced, satisfying meals that support blood sugar management and healthy living. Walk away with simple talking points, tips, and resources that help patients create healthy eating habits that stick.

About Avocados – Love One Today: Love One Today is a leading source of the healthiest reasons and tastiest ways to enjoy fresh avocados. Backed by science, Love One Today provides turnkey solutions that make it easy for health professionals to stay on top of the latest research and confidently recommend fresh avocados to clients. 

Speaker

Diana Guevara, MPH, RD, LD

Nutritionist Supervisor, Nourish Program

The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) School of Public Health

Moderator

Jerri Berry, MA, RDN, LD

Program Manager-Research

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

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Congenital Syphilis and the Neonate: What NICU and Newborn Teams Need to Know

This webinar will explore a comprehensive, clinically grounded overview of the evaluation and management of neonates exposed to or diagnosed with congenital syphilis. With rising rates of congenital syphilis, NICU and newborn care teams play a critical role in early identification, timely treatment, and coordination of care across settings. Participants will examine the complexities of interpreting maternal history, timing of treatment, and factors that inform neonatal risk assessment and clinical decision-making. The session will review current evidence-based recommendations for diagnostic evaluation and treatment pathways. Additional focus will be placed on an in-depth explanation of maternal history interpretation, follow-up care, and effective communication across the patient care continuum, including coordination among OB, pediatrics, NICU, outpatient, and public health providers.

Speaker

Ryan Rochat, MD, PhD, MS, ABPM-CI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease
Director, Biomedical Informatics Dual Degree Program
Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator

Catherine Eppes, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

Continuing Education:

• Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Houston designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 nursing continuing professional development ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
• This webinar is pending approval for 1.0 Entry-Level CHES/MCHES® credits. The Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living is a Designated Provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES/MCHES®) through The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. (NCHEC®).

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