This past weekend we exhibited at the American Academy of Family Physicians conference in Orlando. We were part of the first ever nutrition pavilion, which allowed practitioners and other health professionals find us easily. Having all the nutrition related booths in one area drove traffic to our booths and had a positive impact.
These health professionals from different areas of practice were quite receptive to our messages; although many still had perceptions that whole eggs were not “good” for a person. This was a key area of education and they were happy to see our research and materials discussing this, well as other nutrition issues. Many participants were impressed with our commitment to research as we discussed previous studies and showed those most recently funded. It is interesting to see how each group responds and what information they would like from us.
Overall, it was a successful conference and we were able to educate health professionals once again! We had over 200 people sign up for our newsletter and complete our survey to donate eggs to a local food pantry.
Here is a photo of one of the MDs completing the survey.
