The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist
8 weeks, online
4–6 hours per week
Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistBased on the information you provided, your team is eligible for a special discount, for Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan starting on March 16, 2023 .
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Have questions? Email us at group-enrollments@emeritus.org.This program from Harvard Medical School will give you the tools and confidence to create personalized healthy living plans for clients, patients, friends and yourself. Equipped with evidence-based resources and proven methods to motivate sustainable change, you will gain a better understanding of the relationship between lifestyle, nutrition and health. As a health coach or fitness trainer, you will be able to support clients seeking to make more informed decisions.
of consumers said that they plan to spend more on nutrition apps, diet programs and subscription food services over the next year.
of Americans followed a diet or eating pattern (such as clean eating) in 2022, up from 39% in 2021.
of heart disease conditions may be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle.
— Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and guest speaker
Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan is designed for individuals and wellness industry professionals who want to differentiate themselves with an evidence-based understanding of nutrition, lifestyle medicine and behavior change for sustained wellness.
Health coaches who seek to elevate their practice with the tools and confidence to inspire clients to make informed decisions based on unique needs and goals
Personal trainers and fitness instructors who want to better understand the relationship between food, lifestyle and exercise to better motivate sustainable behavioral changes in clients
Clinical health care professionals who seek a deeper understanding of the relationship between food and nutrition and how to educate patients on sustainable behavioral changes
Health enthusiasts with a passion for developing and maintaining lifestyle strategies for themselves or others to live better, longer lives
Lifestyle journey guidebook assignments to help apply learnings
Interactive activities and exercises
Curated handouts and supplemental resources
Insights on nutrition from a leading researcher
Evidence-based models for wellness
Fully online, cohort-based learning
Featured guest speakers
Networking with global peers
Certificate of completion from Harvard Medical School Executive Education
Understand the inter-complexities of lifestyle, nutrition and wellness by learning the concepts of evidence-based lifestyle medicine and the six pillars of lifestyle medicine.
Identify strategies for empowering and motivating clients to adopt and sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors while learning the components of an effective plan.
Identify the components of healthy food and understand the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals in body function.
Discuss the components of the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate, dietary patterns and the connection between diet and the environment with guest speaker Walter C. Willett, MD, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Discuss the relation of diet and lifestyle to health, wellness and chronic health conditions, especially concerning sodium, trans and saturated fats and sugar.
Discuss changing physiological needs across stages for children, elderly adults, athletes and women.
Identify nutritional needs, realities and strategies for individuals. Look at key considerations for nutritional diagnostics and motivational strategies for sustained commitment.
Understand the considerations and components of a lifestyle medicine plan and develop sample plans for individuals.
Understand the inter-complexities of lifestyle, nutrition and wellness by learning the concepts of evidence-based lifestyle medicine and the six pillars of lifestyle medicine.
Discuss the relation of diet and lifestyle to health, wellness and chronic health conditions, especially concerning sodium, trans and saturated fats and sugar.
Identify strategies for empowering and motivating clients to adopt and sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors while learning the components of an effective plan.
Discuss changing physiological needs across stages for children, elderly adults, athletes and women.
Identify the components of healthy food and understand the role of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals in body function.
Identify nutritional needs, realities and strategies for individuals. Look at key considerations for nutritional diagnostics and motivational strategies for sustained commitment.
Discuss the components of the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate, dietary patterns and the connection between diet and the environment with guest speaker Walter C. Willett, MD, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Understand the considerations and components of a lifestyle medicine plan and develop sample plans for individuals.
ELIZABETH “BETH” FRATES, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Lifestyle medicine pioneer Dr. Elizabeth “Beth” Frates is an award-winning professor at Harvard Medical School and one of the first Fellows of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She developed and taught a college lifestyle medicine curriculum at the Harvard Extension School in 2014, which remains one of the most well-received programs offered at the school. She is currently the president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Director of Lifestyle Medicine and Wellness for the Department of Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
As Director of Wellness Programming at the Spaulding Stroke Research and Recovery Institute, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, Dr. Frates created and implemented a 12-step wellness program, PAVING the Path to Wellness™, for patients and providers.
In the past five years, Dr. Frates has coauthored four books on lifestyle medicine and numerous journal articles on lifestyle medicine topics, including health and wellness coaching, laughter, nutrition and yoga.
WALTER C. WILLETT, MD, DRPH
MEGHAN ARIAGNO, MBA, RD, LDN
Upon completion of this program, you will receive a digital certificate from Harvard Medical School Executive Education.
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