The Obesity Epidemic and Nutrition
$40.00
|10 Credits
About the course
This 10 hour continuing education course covers obesity and nutrition.
Renew Now CE is nationally accredited as a ANCC approved provider P0557 which includes approval to provide nursing CE in all 50 states.
This course is intended for an inter-professional audience, including nurses and other healthcare professionals. The course provides 10 general hours on the topics of obesity and nutrition. For Florida Nurse Practitioners, the hours are also coded for Autonomous Practice CE and will automatically report to CE Broker upon course completion. Renew Now CE is an approved provider through the Florida Board of Nursing and a number of other state boards 20-18921.
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Course Author & Planning Committee Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Lawrence E. Mieczkowski, MD, Joanna Nolte, APRN, MSN, and Tamarah Jungklaus, APRN, MSN, have no conflict of interest or disclosures.
Course Original Release Date: 01/01/2024
Date of Most Recent Review: 12/05/2023
Course Expiration Date: 12/31/2026
Course Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the scope of the obesity epidemic.
- Describe the impact of obesity on the United States healthcare system.
- Identify average percent of body weight loss for GLP-1 agonist, semaglutide.
- Identify contributing factors to insulin resistance.
- Describe the changes to American diet and whole grains.
The Obesity Epidemic and Nutrition
Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Life Expectancy and Causes of Death in the US
Section 3 Defining Overweight and Obesity in Adults
Section 4 Using the BMI in Children and Adolescent
Section 5 World-wide Obesity Trends
Section 6 Obesity Trends in US Adults
Section 7 Obesity Trends in US Children and Adolescents
Section 8 Effects of Obesity on Health
Section 9 Causes of Obesity
Section 10 Adipose Tissue as an Endocrine Organ
Section 11 Nutrition and Dietary Guidelines for America
Section 12 Changing Course: One Patient at a Time
Section 13 Medication use or Surgery in the Treatment of Obesity
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