National Health Priority Resources

Use this searchable database to quickly find tools and resources to help you improve patient health in AAPA’s National Health Priority areas: Behavioral and Mental Health, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Obesity.

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Brain Health Academy: Nutrition and Dementia

Poor nutrition is a major health problem that affects every part of the body, including the brain. In fact, it is among the top risk factors for dementia. This course provides strategies to assess diet… more

CDC’s Nutrition Data, Guidelines, and Resources

Inform your conversations with patients by educating yourself on dietary guidelines, state-specific nutrition data, and more.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Overweight & Obesity

The CDC’s Overweight and Obesity efforts focus on policy and environmental strategies to make healthy eating and active living accessible and affordable for everyone. Access maps, data, and strategies.

CGM Diabetes Tech & Nutrition

This American Diabetes Association patient handout explains how to use Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) to manage blood glucose levels, understand how lifestyle choices affect glucose trends, and maximize the time spent in their target glucose range.

ChoseMyPlate.gov

The MyPlate Plan is a personalized food plan based on age, sex, height, weight, and physical activity level. It helps patients figure out how many calories they need each day and shows them food group targets—what and how much to eat within their calorie allowance.

Clinical Calculators – MDCalc

MDCalc curated this collection of clinical calculators. Sort by popularity, newest, favorites, specialty, and guidelines.

Clinical Calculators – Medscape

Medscape curated this collection of close to 500 clinical calculators. Sort the list by category or alphabetically.

Clinical Endocrinology Update (CEU): September 19-21, 2024

The Endocrine Society’s yearly clinical meeting provides the most recent insights on patient diagnoses and treatments in a convenient online format.

Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity

This guideline and the resources that accompany it will provide you with a more complete understanding of the issues, factors, and needs of patients combating overweight and obesity, as well as successful treatment options.

Comprehensive Guide to the Opioid Epidemic and What You Can Do About It

Partnership to End Addiction has created this guide that you can share with your patients to help them learn how the opioid epidemic started, how to keep our communities safe, and how to help a loved one.

Contemporary Topics in Nutrition for the PA Series

This three-part series explores the relationship of contemporaty topics in nutrition, provides the latest in nutrition for patients with cancer, COPD, and food intolerances. Nutrition is one of AAPA’s National Health Priorities.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Diabetes Distress

This resource for healthcare professionals from the American Diabetes Association explains how Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology can lead to diabetes distress and how to identify and support people dealing with it.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Diabetes Distress (Spanish Version)

This Spanish language resource for healthcare professionals from the American Diabetes Association explains how Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology can lead to diabetes distress and how to identify and support […]

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Nutrition

This patient handout from the American Diabetes Association explains how to maximize the benefits of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), including using them as a tool to make healthier food choices.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Nutrition (Spanish Version)

This Spanish language patient handout from the American Diabetes Association explains how to maximize the benefits of Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs), including using them as a tool to make healthier food choices.