2021
Nutrition in COVID wards - coping with the challenges of Delta
Dietitians Ashwini Menon and Annalise Farah both work in COVID wards at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where there’s been an influx of patients with COVID - a situation predicted to increase over coming months. In this complimentary presentation, Ash and Annalise share their experiences of handling the challenges of…
2021
Blended tube feeding case studies. Presented by Lina Breik, APD and Claire Kariya, RD, Canada
Anthea Talliopoulos, APD
Although the utilisation of blended diets with enteral feeding tubes is currently not common practice amongst dietitians, nor integrated in current training, it is an area which is gaining popularity. Whilst current guidelines tend to advise against blended diets due to concerns over contamination and infection risk, tube blockages, and…
2021
Pain science in action FREE. Presented by Daniel Arbilla AEP
Principles for movement prescription A foundational, yet deep, dive into providing safe and evidence-based exercise prescription to clients who experience chronic pain. In practice, we are either incidentally seeing people who experience chronic pain, or perhaps you are interested in working with this group in a more intentional way. Pain…
2021
Blended tube feeding. Presented by Lina Breik, APD and Claire Kariya, RD, Canada
Tube fed individuals and their loved ones are quickly discovering that blended food is an option to ultra-processed commercial feeds. In the past, dietetic organisations advised against using blended diets due to concerns of blocked tubes, nutritional inadequacy and contamination. With these concerns not proving true, and because dietitians are…
2021
Explore the world while you are in lockdown
A useful list of links to museums, zoos, art galleries, story times, games, craft activities, movement videos, kid’s school lessons and more… Visit museums. Google Arts and Culture partnered with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to offer virtual tours of their spaces The Louvre, Paris British Museum,…
2021
Nutrition and recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Presented by Lulu Cook, APD, RDN (USA)
Anthea Talliopoulos
Nutrition in drug addiction is a space that until now dietitians have shied away from. Lulu Cook is a counsellor, registered dietitian in the USA, APD in Australia, and mindfulness teacher. She also has a lived experience of overcoming addiction. With increasing awareness around drug and alcohol addiction, nutrition is…
2021
Advanced care planning. Presented by Dr Merran Cooper
Advance care planning - how dietitians can plant the seed Being involved in healthcare can be wonderful when all goes well - working with someone who needs very little medical care to improve, for example, or someone who’s really unwell but makes a full recovery or stabilises. But we can…
2021
Body satisfaction. Presented by Mel Matheson AEP APD AccSD
Dropping the body image struggle This is a prompt for important reflection and growth as movement professionals. Body image is a concept that’s commonly referred to, we all have one, and yet it’s relevance to our Exercise Physiology practice seems to be elusive. It has been defined as “…a person's…
2021
Education in Exercise research snapshot August 2021
Keep up to date with this collection of recent articles with one tap full text access. Reading the entire article may contribute towards your professional development points or simply keep up to date with a quick scan of the abstract. Predictors of Weight Bias in Exercise Science Students and Fitness Professionals:…
2021
When social media plays havoc with eating - how dietitians can help
The Four Corners investigation into TikTok aired in July was a grim reminder of the power that social media can have on our health. “I'd like to think that I wouldn't have struggled with an eating disorder if I hadn't downloaded TikTok,” said trainee midwife Lauren Hemmings in an interview for…