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Introduction to Functional Nutrition: Clinical Solutions for Addressing the Underlying Causes of Disease
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Total Continuing Education Credits:1.5
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Introduction to Functional Nutrition eLearning Course Overview
Introduction to Functional Nutrition is a 1.5 hour, online, interactive course that trains healthcare providers in the advanced practice of personalized nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring, with the goals of promoting optimal health and preventing diet-and lifestyle-related disease. It emphasizes the importance of high-quality foods and phytonutrient diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest expression of health.
This course is a first step in offering physicians and nutrition professionals an overview of the ABCDs of Functional Nutrition Evaluation, a step-by-step system that guides practitioners in the what and how of assessing nutrition status. Experts will demonstrate elements of the nutrition physical exam as well as how those exam findings suggest specific nutritional insufficiencies. The course will also explore how common laboratory tests can be used to glean detailed information about nutritional status.
The course also introduces the Functional Nutrition Operating System, which directs clinicians in how to gather pertinent information to determine the patient’s nutrition status, how to organize those nutritional findings, and how foundational dietary and nutrition interventions can be used to initiate care (GOI). Experts will illustrate how the Proteins, Fats, and Carbs–Minerals, Vitamins, and Phytonutrients (PFC-MVP) model can be used to identify nutrition-related concerns and lead to appropriate personalized dietary treatment, as well as to help practitioners determine where to begin with patient education and dietary guidance. A case study will model the entire process, showing how Functional Nutrition offers solutions for organizing information and then initiating appropriate changes to both diet and lifestyle.
Introduction to Functional Nutrition is a 1.5 hour, online, interactive course that trains healthcare providers in the advanced practice of personalized nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring, with the goals of promoting optimal health and preventing diet-and lifestyle-related disease. It emphasizes the importance of high-quality foods and phytonutrient diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest expression of health.
This course is a first step in offering physicians and nutrition professionals an overview of the ABCDs of Functional Nutrition Evaluation, a step-by-step system that guides practitioners in the what and how of assessing nutrition status. Experts will demonstrate elements of the nutrition physical exam as well as how those exam findings suggest specific nutritional insufficiencies. The course will also explore how common laboratory tests can be used to glean detailed information about nutritional status.
The course also introduces the Functional Nutrition Operating System, which directs clinicians in how to gather pertinent information to determine the patient’s nutrition status, how to organize those nutritional findings, and how foundational dietary and nutrition interventions can be used to initiate care (GOI). Experts will illustrate how the Proteins, Fats, and Carbs–Minerals, Vitamins, and Phytonutrients (PFC-MVP) model can be used to identify nutrition-related concerns and lead to appropriate personalized dietary treatment, as well as to help practitioners determine where to begin with patient education and dietary guidance. A case study will model the entire process, showing how Functional Nutrition offers solutions for organizing information and then initiating appropriate changes to both diet and lifestyle.