{"id":18118,"date":"2021-09-25T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=18118"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:08:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:08:32","slug":"professional-development-course-in-spanish-plant-based-diets-health-culture-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/09\/25\/professional-development-course-in-spanish-plant-based-diets-health-culture-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Course in Spanish: Plant-based Diets \u2013 Health, Culture, and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-17-at-10-02-58-Curso-de-Actualizaci\u00f3n-Profesional-Alimentando-el-Ma\u00f1ana-300x140.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-17-at-10-02-58-Curso-de-Actualizaci\u00f3n-Profesional-Alimentando-el-Ma\u00f1ana-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-17-at-10-02-58-Curso-de-Actualizaci\u00f3n-Profesional-Alimentando-el-Ma\u00f1ana-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-17-at-10-02-58-Curso-de-Actualizaci\u00f3n-Profesional-Alimentando-el-Ma\u00f1ana-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-17-at-10-02-58-Curso-de-Actualizaci\u00f3n-Profesional-Alimentando-el-Ma\u00f1ana.png 1129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alimentando El Ma\u00f1ana is a free course whose goal is to\ntrain graduates in the health sciences about plant-based diets from a broad\nperspective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course\u2019s objectives are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To critically analyze the scientific evidence on\nthe health and socio-environmental impact of plant-based diets and the cultural\nfoundations of current dietary patterns.<\/li><li>To evaluate the relevance of implementing\nstrategies aimed at reducing the consumption of foods of animal origin on\npublic health and the environment.<\/li><li>To demonstrate competencies in the clinical and\nbiochemical evaluation and nutritional counseling of people who follow\nplant-based diets or who want to adopt this way of eating.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The course will be conducted on Zoom in Spanish during 7\nsynchronous virtual classes, each 3 hours long. Module 1 will cover dietary\npatterns and chronic disease as well as the impact of food production systems\non global health. Module 2 focuses on food and culture and includes strategies\nfor promoting plant-based diets. Module 3 explores the environmental effects of\ndiet and examines food justice. Module 4 focuses on plant-based diets in\nprevention and treatment, key nutrients, life-cycle issues, and nutritional\nassessment. Module 5 features virtual cooking workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course will be offered for the first time on Saturdays\nin October and November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course is for health care professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arg.alimentandoelmanana.org\/curso\">https:\/\/www.arg.alimentandoelmanana.org\/curso<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Alimentando El Ma\u00f1ana is a free course whose goal is to train graduates in the health sciences about plant-based diets from a broad perspective. The course\u2019s objectives are: To critically analyze the scientific evidence on the health and socio-environmental impact of plant-based diets and the cultural foundations of current dietary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18120,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18118\/revisions\/18120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}