CM13D3 - Reconnecting Medicine to Environmental and Public Health: The New Frontier of Environmental Nutrition

This session will explore the imperative for a new thinking about health and nutrition to include a critical framing around a healthy food system. The speakers will frame the issue of environmental nutrition and the need for a broader understanding of food system issues and how improving public health requires clinicians to take a new approach to prevention. The CT Mental Health Center will share their initiatives to make food and a healthy food system a key focus of their approach to improving mental health in their community. Fletcher Allen Health Care will discuss how they are linking their commitment to healthy and sustainable food service operations and a healthier food system to broader efforts around the Affordable Care Act to promote prevention.

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Dr. Michael Sernyak - MD - Connecticut Mental Health Center

Diane Imrie - Fletcher Allen Health Care - Nutrition Services - Director Nutrition Services

Dr. Preston Maring

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CM13D3 - Reconnecting Medicine to Environmental and Public Health: The New Frontier of Environmental Nutrition
This session will explore the imperative for a new thinking about health and nutrition to include a critical framing around a healthy food system. The speakers will frame the issue of environmental nutrition and the need for a broader understanding of food system issues and how improving public health requires clinicians to take a new approach to prevention. The CT Mental Health Center will share their initiatives to make food and a healthy food system a key focus of their approach to improving mental health in their community. Fletcher Allen Health Care will discuss how they are linking their commitment to healthy and sustainable food service operations and a healthier food system to broader efforts around the Affordable Care Act to promote prevention. SPEAKER: Diane Imrie, Director of Nutrition Services, Fletcher Allen Health Care | Michael Sernyak, MD, CEO, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale University School of Medicine | Preston Maring, MD, Associate Physician in Chief, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Oakland You must register to access.