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FDA’s Menu Labeling Requirements: What Nurses Need to Know
November 19, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Free Webinar – Education Opportunity
FDA’s Menu Labeling Requirements: What Nurses Need to Know
November 19, 2015 at 12 noon EST 
The United States is suffering from an unprecedented overweight/obesity epidemic and from the chronic diseases that overweight and obesity exacerbate. Registered nurses (RNs) suffer from these conditions as well. RNs need to know the status of their own nutritional health. They need to know how to make the most informed, healthful menu choices when eating out at restaurants for themselves, but also to educate their patients. By knowing the state of one’s own health and the caloric count and sodium/sugar/carbohydrate content of menu choices, RNs can truly be role models, advocates, and educators of healthier lifestyles. There are several resources, including the FDA’s upcoming regulations that will provide menu and menu board labeling to assist consumers in making their most healthful choices when eating out at restaurants.
Following this webinar, nurses will be able to:
1. Identify types of establishments that will have to display calories on menus and menu boards:
2. Identify what type of information will be available on menus/menu boards
3. Analyze current research on RN nutritional status and intake
4. Describe methods for nurses to promote and utilize menu labeling and nutritional facts to increase their own and their patients’ health and wellness.
This activity has been submitted to Maryland Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Maryland Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses need to know
FDA’s Menu Labeling Requirements
Role Model
Advocate
Educate
