Nutrition and the Eye

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  Brad Emde

Description

Keeping in mind that nutrition affects so many aspects of our overall health, this presentation will address how nutrition specifically affects the health of our eyes. Several eye conditions and their pathophysiology will be covered. This course is not only beneficial to eye doctors, but also to all health providers.

Objectives:

1. Increase knowledge and competency in understanding of the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of common eye diseases.

2. Describe how nutrition affects macular degeneration and be able to make beneficial recommendations to their patients based on what is presented.

3. Describe how nutrition affects other eye diseases such as cataract development, glaucoma, and dry eye syndrome and be able to make beneficial recommendations to their patients based on what is presented.

Parent Series

Breakout Session A

Parent Conference

AMEN 2017: Are You Willing?

Sponsor

Adventist Medical Evangelism Network (AMEN)

Recorded

October 27, 2017, 2:00 PM