Let’s Chew the Fat: Providing Culturally Competent Dietary Interventions for Diabetes Management

Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition

This week, Shireen and Candice Jones discuss why the Black, Hispanic and Latino populations are disproportionately affected by diabetes, what barriers to diabetes care are related to cultural food practices, and cultural considerations in diabetes education.

Candice, originally from Maryland, presides as the dietetic technician program chair at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College overseeing the dietetic technician and pre-nutrition science degrees and dietary management certificate. For the past 13 years, Candace has also continued to work as a certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist at the Christ hospital diabetes and Endocrine Center.

"Everyone views health differently and so having that as the initial notion of going in a meeting with a client or patient greatly can help starting the the process of opening one's mind."

In this episode, you will learn about:

Misperceptions and misunderstandings about diabetes and foods in Black, Hispanic and Latino communities

The family support system and its role in diabetes care amongst different communities

Barriers dietitians and educators have when assisting their patients

Resources dietitians and educators use when assisting different patients

Culturally competent dietary resources you can check out after listening

Keynotes:

[0:37] How Candice became a Register Dietitian

[1:11] Candice's take on why Black, Hispanic, and Latino populations are disproportionately affected by diabetes.

[2:17] How the traditional cultural foods associated with the populations mentioned have changed

[3:40] Barriers with diabetes care related to cultural food pair practices

[4:53] The family support system and its role in diabetes care

[6:02] Why educating the outpatient as an educator or dietitian will help improve diabetes care

[7:10] What dietitians and educators think about and resources they look for when assisting patients.

[10:05] Candice discusses the "Institute of Family Health" and "MyPlate."

[12:45] Culturally competent dietary resources Candice recommends.

Connect with Candice!

Email: [e-mail]

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/candice-jones-med-rd-ld-cdces-fand-uconn/

Resources mentioned:

The Indian Health Service https://www.ihs.gov/diabetes/

Institute of Family Health https://institute.org/

Old ways https://oldwayspt.org/

Cultural Food Practices: eatright store https://www.eatrightstore.org/product-type/books/cultural-food-practices

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