Food as Medicine CME Conference

Name: Food as Medicine CME Conference
Start: 2025-02-22T07:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-22T17:30:00-05:00
Location: 1101 N John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL, United States, Florida 32804

Schedule

Sat Feb 22 2025 at 07:00 am to 05:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1101 N John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL, United States, Florida 32804 | Orlando, FL

Join the Culinary Health Institute for the Farm to Health Continuing Medical Education (CME) event—an immersive experience designed to bridge the gap between farming, food and medical science. This comprehensive symposium is tailor-made for all physicians and allied health care professionals eager to secure 9 continuing education credits, while enriching their understanding of the pivotal role that nutrition plays in overall health.
Course Director, Dr. Monica Aggarwal, will be speaking about the connection between planetary health and human health. Faculty members include Drs. Kim Williams, Beth Frates, and Sharon Wasserstrom, who will explore essential topics such as the influence of soil nutrients on health, healthy eating practices, social drivers of health, nutritional security and the impact of nutrition on brain and heart health. Culinary demonstrations will be hosted by multile James Beard Recognized Chef, Hari Pulapaka. John Rivers, CEO and founder of 4Roots Farm, will tell the story of how the farm came to be. Get ready to be immersed in understanding the connection between our farms and our health and be prepared to cook! Course content will also include nutrition content understanding, label reading, and learning how to build nutrition into your clinical practice.
These engaging discussions, combined with hands-on culinary demonstrations and interactive farm tours, make the Farm to Health CME event a must-attend for health professionals looking to integrate nutritional knowledge into their practice. Join us for a day of learning, practical skill-building, and professional growth in a dynamic and supportive environment.