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Unlocking the Value of Muscle and Nutrition for Improved Health Outcomes

Program Date: 11 September 2023

Publication Date: 5 September 2024

Continuing Education Units: Nurse Contact: 1.25; Dietitian CPEU: 1.25

Course Description:

In this course, the faculty will describe the significance of skeletal muscle as a metabolic organ and early screening in adult patients; review the role of muscle health in patients with type 2 diabetes; and summarize recent findings on the importance of muscle and nutrition in the oncology setting. Originally presented live at the 45th ESPEN Congress in Lyon, France.

Course Objectives:

• Describe the significance of skeletal muscle as a metabolic organ and early screening in adult patients.

• Review the role of muscle health in patients with type 2 diabetes.

• Summarize recent findings on the importance of muscle and nutrition in the oncology setting.

CDR Level: 2
Performance Indicators: 5.1.2, 5.2.6, 9.2.1
Run Time: 56

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Josep M. Argilés, PhD

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Cancer

Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Professor Josep M. Argilés was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and completed his undergraduate studies in Biology at the University of Barcelona, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree and Special Prize for the best B.Sc. He received his Doctorate in Biochemistry from the same university with Cum Laude, obtaining the Prize for the best doctorate of that year. He then became a Lecturer in Biochemistry and carried out postdoctoral work on acetone metabolism in mammals. He undertook further postdoctoral training in the Laboratory of Metabolism and Molecular Biology at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. He later became a full professor of biochemistry and molecular biology of cancer at the Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, where he led a research group interested in cancer cachexia. His main contribution to the field of cancer research concerns the mechanisms associated with cancer cachexia.

José Manuel García Almeida, MD

Nutrition Unit, Virgen de la Victoria Hospital in Málaga

Head of Endocrinology & Nutrition Services,

Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga

Associate Professor, University of Málaga

Málaga, Spain

José Manuel García Almeida, MD is an endocrinologist at Virgen de la Victoria Hospital in Málaga. In addition, he is the head of Endocrinology and Nutrition Services at the Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Dermatology at the University of Málaga. José Manuel García Almeida has over 90 publications and is a speaker at national and international congresses.

Katherine Ford, PhD, MSc, RD

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Katherine is a Registered Dietitian and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-Mitacs Health System Impact Fellow with the Canadian Nutrition Society. Dr Katherine Ford joined the Nutrition & Aging Lab in September 2022 as a postdoctoral fellow. During her fellowship, Katherine supports the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force by integrating a malnutrition care standard in Canadian hospitals. Advancing Malnutrition Care Phase I is an innovative program that uses a mentor-champion model to implement and sustain best practices from the Integrated Nutrition Pathway for Acute Care (INPAC).

Prior to joining the Nutrition & Aging lab, Katherine completed a PhD at the University of Alberta, where she investigated the determinants of protein intake and the role of a high-protein diet in maintaining muscle mass during chemotherapy treatment for colorectal cancer. She also holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Prince Edward Island. Katherine utilizes her experience as a Dietitian to bring a clinical perspective to her research. She is interested in better understanding the impact of nutritional assessment and interventions on patient-oriented outcomes and how to spread and scale effective interventions.

Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:

Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.

Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:

This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.

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