The Obesity Epidemic and Nutrition

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:

1. Describe the scope of the obesity epidemic.
2. Describe the impact of obesity on the United States healthcare system.
3. Identify average percent of body weight loss for GLP-1 agonist, semaglutide.
4. Identify contributing factors to insulin resistance.
5. 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