Understanding the Impact and Management of Food Addiction for Rising Risk BMI On-Demand
This webinar addresses the impact, identification, and management of food addiction characteristics for patients with elevated or rising BMI (Body Mass Index). This training will address the definition and pathogenesis of food addiction, and interventions that healthcare providers can initiate to minimize the rising BMI will also be discussed.
The AAFP has reviewed this Strategies for Preventive Health and Chronic Disease in Maternal, Pediatric, Geriatric, and Adult Care training and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. The term of approval is for one year. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This live session is approved for 0.75 AAFP Elective credits. Elective credits are available for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants. Attendance at the entire live training and the submission of a post-training evaluation are required to receive credit.
On-Demand training is not eligible for CMEs.
Presenters
Christina Clayton, MS, BSN, RN
Director, Clinical Services, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors
As a dedicated healthcare leader, Christina has over 13 years’ experience as a nurse leader in community, hospital, health insurance, and regulatory settings.
Christina has had a valuable impact on healthcare quality improvement. She has had positions in nursing leadership, nursing management, case management, payer quality programs, program management, regulatory compliance, and nursing education.
Prior to Renaye James, as a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) nurse consultant, Christina provided accreditation oversight to Medicare’s acute care programs. She served as the program lead for Diabetes Self-Management Training and Home Infusion Therapy accreditation programs. Additionally, she was the clinical support for Rural Health and Federally Qualified Health Center programs. Christina provided oversight to national accreditation organizations and provides direction in the development of education material for state surveyors for those programs. Additionally, she was responsible for collaborating with other federal agencies and national associations.
As a program manager for Johns Hopkins Healthcare, LLC, Christina aligned measurable program goals with organization’s mission, and utilized quality improvement strategies and measurement to implement changes the health plan’s programs. Christina has been instrumental in improving the health of the community; as a Program Manager, she collaborated with external stakeholders to improve health outcomes and decrease high utilization of members within the Complex Case Management and Disease Management Program.
As a FQHC Clinical Manager, she has vast experience in health center operations, care management, health center budgeting, nursing management, and medical assistant supervision.
Christina has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Coppin State University (Baltimore, Maryland) and a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland).
Cynthia Vuittonet, MD, FACP, FASAM
Chief Medical Officer, Central Jersey Medical Center
Dr. Cynthia Vuittonet, MD, FACP, FASAM, is triple board-certified in Addiction, Internal, and Obesity Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Brown University and her medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She completed her internal medicine residency at the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Vuittonet is dedicated to helping patients receive the treatment they need so they can enjoy a positive and fulfilling lifestyle. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Dr. Vuittonet is uncompromising in her dedication to the well-being of her patients and strives to provide the best care.
Dr. Vuittonet has been published in many peer-reviewed journals and is the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the American College of Physicians Young Achiever Award. Due to her unwavering dedication to the field of medicine and delivering the best care possible to her patients, Dr. Vuittonet was inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Vuittonet is committed to providing skilled, comprehensive health care in a warm and compassionate environment and seeks to build strong, long-lasting relationships to optimize patient care, education, and outcomes. She is passionate about caring for patients with various addictions and helping them achieve recovery and lead fulfilling lives.
Dr. Vuittonet is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Central Jersey Medical Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.