LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this CPE activity you will be better able to:

• Evaluate documented effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy (MNT) provided by Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) for dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, and weight management.
  
• Apply the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (AHA/ACC) and National Lipid Association (NLA) medical therapy recommendations for the management of dyslipidemia.
  
• Implement the Eighth Joint National Committee on Management of High Blood Pressure medical therapy recommendations for hypertension.
  
• Apply the American Diabetes Association (ADA) medical therapy recommendations for diabetes management.
  
• Implement AHA/ACC/The Obesity Society (TOS) and Endocrine medical therapy recommendations for the management of overweight and obesity in adults.
  
• Integrate evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines for lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, weight management and combinations of these conditions into the first step in the nutrition care process (NCP)—nutrition assessment and reassessment for follow-up nutrition care.
  
• Identify and label nutrition diagnoses for lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, weight management and combinations of these conditions.
  
• Formulate goals, determine plans of action, and integrate medical nutrition therapy interventions into overall lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, weight management and combinations of these conditions into disease management.
  
• Implement nutrition education and nutrition counseling strategies that integrate MNT for lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, weight management and combinations of these conditions into disease management.
  
• Monitor, evaluate and measure MNT outcome indicators for the management of lipid disorders, hypertension, diabetes, weight management and combinations of these conditions.