Healthcare Innovation & Culinary Medicine: Food Skills Programs in Canada & the US

About this episode

Dr. Falquier discusses the integration of nutrition into healthcare with dietitian Julia MacLaren, focusing on food skills programs in Canada and the US.

How are clinicians on both sides of the border integrating nutrition into the healthcare system? In this episode of the Culinary Medicine Recipe podcast, Dr. Falquier chats with registered dietitian, Julia MacLaren, to explore the evolution of food skills programs across Canada and the US. Whether you are a healthcare professional looking to improve patient outcomes through lifestyle medicine or an individual focused on preventive nutrition, this conversation offers a cross-border perspective. In this episode, we explore: Bridging the Gap: How clinicians can move beyond "prescribing" a diet to teaching the food skills necessary for long-term adherence. National Agency Funding of Healthcare Innovation: Is there interest in culinary medicine? Systems Innovation: A look at food skills initiatives in Canada. Culinary Medicine in Public Healthcare: Can it be done? Timecodes: · Culinary medicine program success stories [1:40] · Are healthcare systems recognizing the benefits of food skills programs? [6:30] · Julia MacLaren’s path into culinary medicine [9:30] · Collaboration in culinary medicine [13:10] · Food skills in Canada’s food guide [15:15] · How culinary medicine will evolve in…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Sabrina Falquier

Guest: Julia MacLaren

Topics covered

• healthcare innovation
• culinary medicine
• food skills programs
• nutrition integration
• preventive nutrition
• lifestyle medicine

Keywords

• culinary medicine
• food skills
• healthcare
• nutrition
• preventive health
• lifestyle medicine
• Canada
• US

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canada, US, Canada’s food guide

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