A Generational Approach to Healthy Eating for People with Prediabetes and Diabetes

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As dietitians, we are as likely to see a 42-year-old who has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes as we are a child or teen that has just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, or a 74-year-old whose doctor confirmed she has prediabetes. This presents a challenge to RDs as we face a cadre of clients from multiple generations.

Much like gender, socioeconomics, and race, our generational affiliation strongly influences how we think, learn, and communicate. It may even affect our food choices. The generations we are most likely to encounter in our diabetes education careers include five generational groups:

The Silent Generation
Baby Boomers
GenX
Millennials
GenZ

In addition to individual preferences, each of these generations differs in terms of their preferred learning methods, teaching styles, and overall attitudes toward health and health education. This makes it all that much more important for dietitians to understand the individual generational elements that can impact diet and overall diabetes care. How can we best approach different generations to achieve our desired educational outcome?

Join Toby Smithson, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES, FAND, on Wednesday, November 3, 2021 from 2–3 pm ET, for a webinar focused on generational characteristics, the impact of these differences in patient care, and best practices for diet strategies in the pursuit of managing diabetes or prediabetes.

Dietitians: Log in to https://ce.todaysdietitian.com​​​ to complete a brief evaluation and earn 1 CEU FREE! This webinar is sponsored by Fresh Avocados — Love One Today®.

This webinar expires for credit on 11/2/24.