Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI): Unpacking Ultra-Processed Foods

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Person holding a grocery bag of healthy foods while viewing a shelf of ultra processed foods
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Online via Zoom and in person at various host sites across Wisconsin

Join us for the first installment of the 2026 Healthy Living with MCI education series to learn what ultra-processed foods are and explore why people who eat less of these packaged foods tend to have better health outcomes. Participants will gain confidence in making food choices that support their brain health and overall well-being. The program will end with a Q&A session. Free and open to all.

Register to join us live online via Zoom from anywhere.

Or, visit adrc.wisc.edu/mci to register to attend the program in person at one of nine locations across Wisconsin.

Guest presenter: Beth Olson, Phd, a UW–Madison expert on helping people make healthy nutrition choices.

Hosts: Nathaniel Chin, MD, and Jennifer McAlister, BS.

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ABOUT:
The Healthy Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) series is a free support and education program about brain health and living well with MCI. Classes offer attendees guidance and science-backed strategies for living and coping with memory and thinking changes. Nathaniel Chin, MD, a memory clinic doctor with UW Health and medical director of the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC), is the medical director and host of the series. Participation is free and available to attend at a host site or online via Zoom.

WHAT IS MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT? 
MCI is an intermediate stage between the expected cognitive decline of normal aging and the more pronounced decline of dementia. Learn more about MCI on our website.