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Implications of Diabetes in Sarcopenia & Low Muscle Mass

Program Date: 28 April 2021

Publication Date: 02 December 2021

Continuing Education Credits: Dietitian 0.5 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, MBA, will review the incidence and prevalence of muscle loss in people with diabetes, identify diabetes as a cause and consequence of sarcopenia; and discuss nutrition solutions for sarcopenia in diabetes. Originally presented as a live webinar on 28 April 2021.

Course Objectives
  • Review the incidence and prevalence of muscle loss in people with diabetes.
  • Identify diabetes as a cause and consequence of sarcopenia.
  • Discuss nutrition solutions for sarcopenia in diabetes.

Performance Indicators: 5.2.7, 9.1.5, 9.2.1

Activity Code: 185170

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Refaat Hegazi, MD, PhD, MS, MPH, MBA

Head of Global Medical Affairs
Abbott Nutrition
Columbus, OH, USA

Dr Refaat Hegazi is the head of Global Medical Affairs for Nutrition at Abbott. As a physician scientist, Dr Hegazi oversees a team of nutrition experts and medical directors who advance education, clinical research, science, and nutrition product development. He is passionate about leading his team to uncover the role of nutrition in health and disease. He is interested in studying the correlation between nutrition and immune and glycemic responses to develop therapies to manage chronic and acute diseases.

Dr Hegazi joined Abbott in 2009 and helped develop a global diabetes nutrition care model encompassing transcultural diet and lifestyle differences. Also an expert in malnutrition, he has contributed to advances in the treatment of malnutrition through healthcare coalitions and educational programs.

Dr Hegazi graduated from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. He earned a Master of Occupational Health and Industrial Medicine from Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine in Mansoura, Egypt. He also has a Master of Public Health from the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, he has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Epidemiology from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Business Administration from Franklin University. He completed his Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr Hegazi is certified by the American Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists and has authored 50 peer-reviewed articles and five book chapters.

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CPEU Adult Disease State

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.