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jazziefee

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Your community leaders decide to have a speaker come to discuss the management of diabetes using lifestyle approaches. They have a choice between inviting a physician who specializes in internal medicine or a certified diabetes educator. Which of these individuals is more apt to have reliable nutrition information related to diabetes and why?

Question 2

All of the following factors are associated with a higher basal metabolic rate except:
 a. stress.
 b. starvation.
 c. fever.
 d. youth.
 e. greater height.



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Answer to Question 1

A certified diabetes educator is a health professional who has obtained additional training in nutrition and other lifestyle factors related to the management of diabetes and earned a certification on diabetes education through work experience and successful completion of an examination. Many certified diabetes educators are also either registered dietitians or registered nurses. The National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators has a website (www.ncbde.org) with information about the certification requirements.
A physician does receive extensive schooling (4 years beyond college for the medical doctor degree) and completes a 2- to 4-year residency. Most medical school programs only devote a small amount of time to the study of nutritionoften, they spend less time on this topic than students who take nutrition at the undergraduate level In fact, very few medical schools teach 25 hours of instruction in the field of nutrition. There are some physicians who are trained in clinical nutrition and are highly qualified to give nutritional advice on diabetes management and other health issues. Unless a physician specializes in clinical nutrition, she or he will have spent much LESS time learning about nutrition than a certified diabetes educator.

Answer to Question 2

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