A Continuing Professional Education Program for Health Professionals
Understanding Americans’ Approach to Weight Management
The Role of Low-Calorie Sweeteners
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 hours.
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."
Program Details:
Effective Through: August 25, 2013
CDR Program Number: 095953
CDR Suggested Learning Needs Codes: 2020, 3040, 5370
Cost: There is no fee for this program
Program Overview:
Americans’ dieting behaviors and the role of low- and no-calorie sweeteners have been a hot topic in recently published scientific research. It is imperative that this science is understood by registered dietitians so that they can provide their patients with the best strategies for maintaining a healthy weight and a healthy heart. In this program, Dr. Adam Drewnowski, Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Washington, will review the latest science and clinical research on low- and no-calorie sweeteners and their impact on diet and weight management.
Robyn Flipse, a registered dietitian and cultural anthropologist, will then translate this science into practical applications for helping consumers manage their weight and overall health appropriately and effectively.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this self-study learning module, health professionals will be able to:
- Understand, from a clinical perspective, what factors can impact consumers’ food and beverage decisions, eating behaviors and satiety, and how each relates to weight reduction and maintenance.
- Describe the role of sweeteners in helping to maintain a healthy body weight and heart, as well as adequate nutrient intake.
- Recognize the impact individual preferences and tolerance can have on weight management strategies and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Presenters:
Dr. Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D.
Dr. Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D., is the Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition and Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine at the University of Washington. He received his degrees from Balliol College, Oxford, and the Rockefeller University in New York. His research addresses the impact of taste, cost, and convenience on food preferences and eating habits and the current disparities in health status. Dr. Drewnowski is the Director of the UW Center for Obesity Research funded under the NIH Roadmap Initiative. The Center addresses environmental, economic and policy issues related to obesity prevention at the local and state level. Dr. Drewnowski has also developed a nutrient profiling method to classify foods and beverages by their nutrient content that has implications for the regulation of nutrition and health claims. He is the author of over 100 research papers and numerous reviews and book chapters and a frequent presence at national and international meetings.
Robyn Flipse
Robyn Flipse is a Registered Dietitian in private practice specializing in food, nutrition and health communications. Her professional career includes more than 30 years of dietetics counseling and teaching in addition to writing three books and numerous articles for consumer publications. She is recognized for her ability to evaluate the science behind the latest nutrition news and analyze how changing food and diet trends will impact nutrient intake and health status. Her consulting services to the food and pharmaceutical industries have included Coca-Cola North America, McNeil Nutritionals, Bush Brothers & Company, Masterfoods, USA and Bayer Company. She has also served on the professional staffs at The Estee Corporation, Raritan Bay Health Services Corporation, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, and Jersey Shore University Medical Center Hospital.
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.