Physician Forums

Emerging Topics in Healthcare, Health Equity and Well-Being

Join your colleagues for MMA’s monthly Physician Forums – opportunities to stay updated on the latest news, information, and resources on important topics affecting the practice of medicine.  
 
Each forum will begin with a short presentation, with open discussion to follow. In this series, you will hear from experts on a variety of topics and engage with your peers from across the state of Minnesota. 
 
Members have free access to these forums; non-members will be charged a fee of $20. 
 
Once you have completed the registration process, you will receive a receipt email from mma@mnmed.org. The Zoom meeting link will be included in that email. A final Zoom link email will go out at 10 AM the morning of the event along with a survey and CME information (if applicable) following the event. Please reach out to us if you do not receive these communications.

Upcoming Forum:

April 22, 2026 - Noon-1 PM

Title: Palatable Prevention: Patient‑Centered Conversations and the New Dietary Guidelines

Speaker: Donald Hensrud, MD, MS, Mayo Clinic

Moderator: Lisa Mattson, MD

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There is confusion and many controversies in diet and nutrition. Recently, the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released, and in some areas of these guidelines this confusion and controversy has continued. This talk will review the overall background evidence of the influence of diet on health. It will discuss the new Dietary Guidelines in the context of this evidence on health, and discuss practical ways to counsel patients and help them follow a pattern of eating that is practical, realistic, and enjoyable so as to be sustainable and maximally support health.

Learning objectives:

• Describe general scientific evidence supporting the relationship between diet and health
• Identify the features of a health supporting diet
• Recognize the similarities among various dietary guidelines
• Identify key updates in the most recent dietary guidelines and explain the evidence base supporting those recommendations

Dr. Donald D. Hensrud is an Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.  He is a consultant in the Division of General Internal Medicine and former Chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine. Dr. Hensrud previously directed the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, and also directed the Executive Health Program at Mayo Clinic for more than 10 years.

His clinical work and research have focused on how healthy lifestyle habits in nutrition, physical activity, and other areas can improve weight management, enhance the quality of life, and decrease the risk of developing diseases.  Dr. Hensrud has published many scientific articles, book chapters, and books.  He has contributed to lay education as editor of The Mayo Clinic Guide to Healthy Living, The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook, which won a James Beard Foundation Award, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Mayo Clinic Diet. 

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Accreditation and Credit Statements

The Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Minnesota Medical Association designates each live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosures - None of the planners, faculty, or others in control of content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.