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Introducing Food Allergens for Babies with Amino Acid Disorders

Program Date: 29 May 2025

Publication Date: 06 October 2025

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Chanel Suares, RD, will review current guidelines and best practices for introducing food allergens in infants; discuss how to introduce food allergens in infants with amino acid (AA) disorders; and identify the potential benefits and risks associated with introducing food allergens in infants with AA disorders. Originally presented at the 2025 Abbott Metabolic Conference.

Course Objectives:
  • Review current guidelines and best practices for introducing food allergens in infants.
  • Discuss how to introduce food allergens in infants with amino acid (AA) disorders.
  • Identify the potential benefits and risks associated with introducing food allergens in infants with AA disorders.

Performance Indicators: 5.2.1, 9.1.1, 9.2.2

Activity Code: 190105

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Chanel Suares, RD

Senior Metabolic Dietitian 
UCLA Health 
Division of Clinical Genetics 
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Chanel Suares, RD, has worked as a clinical genetic metabolic dietitian at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Division of Clinical Genetics since 2016. Chanel has had the opportunity to present on inborn errors of metabolism at several professional meetings and conferences, and frequently serves on advisory boards related to inborn errors of metabolism. She is a current faculty member at Metabolic University and serves on the board of Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International, where she co-chairs the ad hoc committee on mentorship.

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Category
CE CPEU Neonatal Disease State

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.