Courses

Totally updated and expanded with new health guidelines, case studies, and clinical conditions. Excellent resource for working in hospitals, nursing homes, and public health. Covers the unique physiological changes and nutritional needs of this aging population as well as clinical guidelines.

Excellent book! Updated with evidence- and experience-based clinical practice application. Covers carcinogenesis, treatment, plus MNT for specific cancers, survivorship, and palliative care. All steps of the Nutrition Care Process are addressed. 

This book covers the latest evidence-based, practical sports research on how to train and compete at the athlete’s highest level. Whether a weekend athlete who wants to get better or a top competitor, there are component secrets like overall health, nutrition, sleep, stress management, training, and recovery that can be adjusted to greatly change outcomes.

Evidence-based guide to the uses, benefits, and practical application of a plant-based diet. Based upon the UK’s first university-based course on plant-based nutrition, which takes a holistic and systems-based (heart, respiratory, kidneys, liver, and gut) approach. Each chapter is written by experts in the topic. For clinicians, counselors, and all health professionals.

The perfect course for sports nutritionists to help their athlete clients who want to move to a more plant-based, vegetarian, or vegan diet. The book has evidence-based research on the advantages of plant-based eating, while improving performance. The authors give practical ways to eat and avoid issues with training and competition.

Fully updated 2nd edition! It covers the newest evidence-based research in assessing growth and malnutrition, addressing feeding and eating issues, and conducting the nutrition focused physical exam. As a bonus, the Academy offers practitioners who purchase the book, 5 CPE hours for a total of 30 CPE hours for the purchase.

Obesity and eating disorders often defy logic for health practitioners working with patients.  The authors are experts in addictions and specifically, processed food addiction. This book contains evidence-based research supporting the diagnosis of addiction and a deep-dive into how processed foods become addictive. They share strategies to overcome the cravings for processed foods. 

This book and its course focus on biodiversity’s crucial role in food systems, adequate food supply, health and well-being, and the fate of the natural environment. The author and 37 contributors give practical recommendations for moving forward. 

Popular book with a nutrition focus on health of the mother and baby! For practitioners looking for current prenatal evidence-based research mixed with applied clinical experience this is the course! Over 930 citations to explain and back up guidelines. CDCES, CHES approved. 

New York Times Best Seller! Chosen Best Culinary Book of 2017 by over 19 publications. Learn how to master four simple elements to determine flavor, texture, and to balance flavor in order to make food delicious.

New editors! Twenty years of excellence! Updates in all major areas of pediatric nutrition, including physical assessment, MNT interventions, burns, weight, integrative medicine, and genetic disorders. Resource for specialty exam reviews for RDNs and MDs.

Popular book on baby-lead weaning (BLW): when what, and how! For practitioners looking for current evidence-based research on BLW and the 26 favorite natural solid foods to start with, how to keep food safe, foods to prohibit because of choking risk, and how to navigate, recognize, and prevent food allergies or sensitivities.

Excellent book from the Australian dietitian and fellow researcher who created the low-FODMAP diet! They are world-renowned researchers on celiac and IBS. The book covers the physiology of GI issues, determining triggers, and teaches how to implement the low-FODMAP diet with menus and 180 pages of recipes.

Lymphedema treatment is an emerging area of interest and historically misunderstood and underdiagnosed. If started early, nutrition and exercise, along with treatment can stop or delay progression of the condition characterized by fluid retention and swelling that impacts about 10 million people in North America. It can be caused by infection, injury, genetic disorder, or as a complication of cancer treatment.

This book is the most up-to-date, scientifically based research and integrative treatment for counseling women with endometriosis we could find. The two authors, Dr. Andrew Cook, MD, and Danielle Cook, MS, RDN, CDCES are experts in this topic and specialize in women’s health. The book begins with the physiology and contributing factors for developing endometriosis, then they offer a lifestyle plan to slow or halt the disease, and end with a focus on food and reducing inflammation.

Wonderful resource! A comprehensive course for dietitians, physicians, and other health professionals on the nutrition medical nutrition therapy and integrative therapies for person’s with thyroid disease.

From Registered Dietitian, author, video cooking instructor, and clinician, Madhu Gadia, offers wonderful, healthy Indian recipes with cultural context, nutritional analysis, history, and serving suggestions.

James Beard Award Winner!  Exploring more than 150 rare and important black cookbooks, the author honors culture, culinary, and nutritional history by those who nourished generations of Americans. Written by the first black food writer for a major newspaper.

This motivating sports book on building muscle and strength was co-written by Dr. Susan Kleiner, an internationally known researcher and expert on muscle building, hydration, women athletes, and the nutrition and exercise needed to build muscle tissue.

NY Times Best Seller that was requested by multiple RDNs! This course is a comprehensive review of the evidence-based research regarding why habits exist and how we can change them. Award-winning business reporter, Charles Duhigg, discusses a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential.