Power up your nutrition know-how

Nutrition can impact your health right now — but did you know it can impact the health of future generations too? Learn more on this topic at the “Power of Nutrition” webinar, at 10 am on Saturday, April 24.

The presentation is geared toward anyone with an interest in the topic, whether a member of the general public or the health care community.

Professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University Kent Thornburg, PhD, will cover such topics as:

●     The long-term changes in chronic disease rates including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.

●     The biological changes that occur over generations connected to poor nutrition and social stress.

●     The foundations of physical changes that lead to higher disease risk.

●     The changes in medical practices that will help patients plan a healthier life course.

Professor Thornburg is the M. Lowell Edwards Chair in Cardiology and professor of medicine in the Knight Cardiovascular Institute at Oregon Health & Science University. He directs the Center for Developmental Health and the OHSU Bob and Charlee Moore Institute for Nutrition and Wellness. He studies nutrition in pregnancy and consequent cardiovascular disease in offspring and was recently awarded the Agnes Higgins Award by the National March of Dimes and the Barker Medal by the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

The webinar is presented by the Samaritan Center for Health Education and Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center. Registration is requested: go to bit.ly/CHEnutrition, or email Amy Conner at aconner@samhealth.org.