Breakout
Date & Time:
February 14, 2026
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM PT
Format:
In Person & Virtual
CE Credits:
1.5 Hours
UAN: JA0002345-0000-26-005-L99-P
Course level:
Intermediate/Advanced
What You'll Learn
- Define muscle health.
- Examine the importance of muscle health and its determinants in diverse health conditions.
- Identify opportunities to measure and interpret measurements of muscle health using diverse modalities of body composition.
- Explore the benefits and pathways for combining nutrition and exercise rehabilitation as part of routine clinical care to mitigate or attenuate deteriorating muscle health in clinical conditions.
Topics & Presenters
Understanding the Importance of Deteriorating Muscle Health – What it Means to Your Patient and Why You Should be Concerned
Associate Professor and Director
Nutrition Program, EVMS School of Health Professions
Division of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
Strelitz Diabetes Center, EVMS Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Bedside Modalities to Screen for Poor Muscle Health
Professor, Nutrition, Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences
University of Delaware
Measuring Muscle Health: What Are Meaningful Measures of Muscle?
Professor and Associate Dean, Research
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Health University Research Chair
University of Waterloo
From Research to Practice: Are We Ready to Measure Muscle Health?
Advanced Practice II Dietitian
Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Moderators:
Marina Mourtzakis
PhDProfessor and Associate Dean, Research
Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
Health University Research Chair
University of Waterloo
