The Obesity Epidemic and Nutrition

The Obesity Epidemic and Nutrition - 10 Hours

This comprehensive 10-hour continuing education course covers key topics on obesity and nutrition, helping nurses, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers confidently meet their CE requirements.

Renew Now CE is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (P0557).

Autonomous Practice CE for Florida NPs: The course includes 10 hours that fulfill Florida Nurse Practitioner Autonomous Practice CE requirements and automatically reports to CE Broker.

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Course Highlights

• Nationally accredited and state Board-compliant CE courses
• Each course is up-to-date, peer-reviewed by healthcare experts, and presented on an easy-to-use online platform
• Average course rating: 4.7/5 stars
• Efficient and effective license renewal
• Up-to-date and relevant content for healthcare professionals

Course Overview

Course Original Release Date:  01/01/2024 

Date of Most Recent Review:  12/05/2023

Course Expiration Date:  12/31/2026

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.

Learning outcomes:

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. 

For Florida Autonomous Nurse Practitioners:

This course meets the mandatory 10 hours of Autonomous Practice CE required by the Florida Board of Nursing for Nurse Practitioners. To renew his or her registration under this section, an advanced practice registered nurse must complete at least 10 hours of continuing education approved by the board, in addition to completing 30 hours of continuing education requirements established by board rule pursuant to s. 464.013, regardless of whether the registrant is otherwise required to complete this requirement. If the initial renewal period occurs before January 1, 2021, an advanced practice registered nurse who is registered under this section is not required to complete the continuing education requirement within this subsection until the following biennial renewal period.