Patients with chronic critical illness face profound nutrition challenges after the ICU. Targeted nutrition therapy plays a critical role in recovery, functional improvement, and long-term outcomes.
Clinical Nutrition
The concepts of metabolically healthy obesity and metabolically unhealthy normal weight challenge BMI-centered thinking, highlighting why metabolic health, behaviors, and bias-free care matter more than body size alone.
Traditional meal plans often fail neurodivergent clients. Flexible, sensory-aware frameworks can help autistic and ADHD individuals build sustainable, satisfying eating routines that honor autonomy and real-life needs.
Time-restricted eating has gained attention in oncology nutrition, with emerging research suggesting potential benefits for cancer risk reduction and metabolic health—though evidence in active cancer care remains limited.
Dietitians are well-versed in the foundational principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which emphasize a “food-first” approach to nutrition: “Nutritional needs should be met primarily from foods and beverages—specifically, nutrient-dense foods and beverages.
Nutrition plays a growing role in atrial fibrillation care, with evidence supporting heart-healthy dietary patterns, targeted lifestyle changes, and cautious use of supplements to reduce risk and improve outcomes.
With the growing food as medicine movement, it’s important for dietitians to know the limits of nutrition and lifestyle interventions so they can support their patients and clients who may be dealing with bone loss or at risk for it.
Young adults are seeking ways to enhance focus, mental clarity, and mental stamina, yet nutrition is often overlooked as a key factor in cognitive performance. Dietitians can integrate brain-focused nutrition education to empower this population to make more informed dietary decisions in ways that align with their values.
This continuing education course examines the impact of vitamin D on diabetes. Vitamin D and calcium homeostasis may play direct and indirect roles in the development of diabetes and vitamin D can affect numerous complications associated with this disease state.
Introducing mindfulness into dietetics practice has long been a valuable adjunct to both MNT and more counseling-focused nutrition interventions, in part because it helps people increase their awareness of what’s happening in the present moment and lessen rumination on unhelpful or distressing thoughts.