今年的ADA糖尿病杰出教育奖颁给了来自麻省总医院的注册糖尿病营养师(RDN)Linda M.Delahanty女士。6月6日,在授奖仪式上,她作了主题为“做有意义的改变——来自人群、实践和研究的感悟”的大会演讲。教育者需要重新定位Delahanty认为,糖尿病教育者怎样去教患者比教患者干什么对改善患者的生活、健康和糖尿病状态更重要。她说到:“不是在糖尿病教育方面做什么,而是怎样去做,能给糖尿病患者带去更多益处”。当患者知晓如何自我处置饮食问题,他们能更好地调整食物 This year’s ADA Diabetes Outstanding Education Award was presented to Linda M. Delahanty, a Registered Diabetic Nutritionist (RDN) from the Mass General Hospital. On June 6, at the awards ceremony, she gave a speech on the theme of “Making Meaningful Changes - From the Crowds, Practices, and Researches”. Educators Need to Reposition Delahanty believes that it is more important for diabetes educators to teach patients what they can do than teaching them to improve their life, health and diabetes status. She said: “It is not about what diabetes is doing, it’s about how to do it and how to bring more benefits to people with diabetes.” Patients are better able to adjust their food when they know how to handle the diet themselves