A Continuing Professional Education Program for Health Professionals
Move It!
Research Updates from the Activity Side of the Energy Balance Equation
The Coca-Cola Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness has developed this Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-approved continuing professional education (CPE) online program based on a live webinar program archive to allow more professionals to benefit from this educational activity.
CPE Program Instructions:
Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered: Follow the instructions to earn 1.0 CPE credit hour.
Step 1: Review Program Overview and Learning Objectives (listed below)
Step 2: View the Program Materials
Handout (PDF)
Step 3: Complete CPE Quiz and Course Evaluation
After completing the quiz, you will receive your score, the correct answers and be able to download your CPE Certificate.
Step 4: Print bibliography and additional resources (PDF) for more information on this topic.
Note: To save a PDF, right-click on the link and choose "save target as."
Want Nursing CE for this program? Go to www.pcna.net for the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
Program Details:
Effective Through: September 4, 2012
CDR Program Number: 091225
CDR Suggested Learning Needs Codes:
2110, 4000, 4060
Cost: There is no fee for this program
Program Overview:
This program reviews the latest research in the fitness versus fatness debate and the growing evidence supporting a role of physical activity in healthful aging, chronic disease prevention and quality of life, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, plus effective strategies for motivating clients to put more physical activity into their daily lives.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this self-study learning module, health professionals will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of physical activity as a public health issue. Describe the health implications of low physical activity levels.
- Utilize data from two (2) large clinical trials to support the benefits of adhering to a routine of regular physical activity, including the benefits related to body weight, heart disease, cancer and depression.
- Discuss the association between BMI and fitness levels among adults. Use Fit/Fat & Mortality data in men to explain the basis for the "Fit versus Fat" debate and the limitations of the data.
- Discuss motivation techniques and strategies to help patients overcome common barriers to exercise and integrate and accumulate physical activity in their daily lives.
- Identify self-monitoring tools for assessing activity level and energy expenditure (e.g., pedometers, physical activity records).
Presenters:
Steven N. Blair, PED, FACSM
Steven N. Blair is Professor in the Departments of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina; and Executive Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation, University of North Texas. He also is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the College of Education at the University of Houston. Dr. Blair is a past-president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
Barbara Fletcher, RN, MN, FAAN
Barbara Johnston Fletcher is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. As a clinician and researcher in the field of cardiovascular nursing, she has conducted seminal studies on activity for cardiac patients, which evolved into a steady trajectory of scholarly inquiry into exercise behaviors and outcomes for different patient populations. She has led multidisciplinary research projects as a co-principal investigator of federally funded studies addressing cardiovascular risk factors.
Timothy Church, M.D., M.P.H, P.h.D
Dr. Timothy Church is a Professor, the John S. McIlhenny Endowed Chair of Health Wisdom and is the director of the Laboratory of Preventive Medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Church earned his Medical Degree and PhD (structural and cellular biology) from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed a residency in preventive medicine at Tulane during which time he obtained a Masters in Public Health. He is Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.
Sponsors/Accreditors:
The Coca-Cola Company’s Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-provider number BF001.