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Course Overview

Nutrition assessment is a useful and important tool to assess a person's food intake or to reveal patterns in food intake for a group or population. This training will review various nutrition assessment methods and present benefits and limitations for their use in different settings. This training will also present ways of using nutrition assessment in local programs.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define and identify differences in various nutrition assessment methods
  • Recognize potential measurement issues in nutrition assessment
  • Apply the most appropriate nutrition assessment method given a particular situation
  • Discover new approaches and technological advances in nutrition assessment methods
  • Identify ways nutrition assessment can be used to improve local programs

Duration:  45 minutes

Continuing Education Information: 0.75 Continuing Competency Credits for CHES, 0.75 CPEUs for Registered Dietitians

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Details

Mode of Delivery:
  • Online (self-paced)

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The Western Region Public Health Training Center is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health is a Designated Multiple Event Provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) through the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. The Western Region Public Health Training Center is an organizational member of the True Health Initiative

Funding Statement

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under UB6HP31687 and the Regional Public Health Training Center Program for $1,013,453. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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