Certified Health Educator Specialists (CHES)

This course is only for CHES practitioners.

This course is an evidence-based call for leaders to nurture compassion within themselves and across health and social care institutions, to support healthier and happier institutions and communities. We know well-being improves the care we give others, yet workplaces often have a different set of behaviors for staff and leadership. Avoiding burnout and high turnover help teams thrive.

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Evidence-based book with integrative and nutritional treatments for people with depression, anxiety, bipolar, trauma, PTSD, and other disorders. For all practitioners, especially in the VA, group homes, and psychiatric settings with children, teens and adults.  

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Do you have a passion for food, culinary arts, or nutrition science? Chef Kennedy, a PhD from Tufts University, shares her strategies to guide your patients or YouTube viewers on how to enjoy and have a passion for good food.

This course is only for CHES practitioners registered with NCHEC

One of the best books you will ever read on the science and practical advice increasing the phytonutrients in your diet from fruits and vegetables. Pearls of wisdom are listed under each fruit or vegetable. 

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This course examines what is meant by culture and the ways in which international and domestic cultures intersect with health issues, including illness causation, healing traditions, socio-cultural structures, and gender.

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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Then in 2002, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study erroneously claimed HRT increased risk for breast cancer. These book authors reveal the true story, the
distorted data, and its numerous retractions. They explore estrogen’s actual benefits on the heart, brain, bones, and longevity.

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New York Times Bestseller! This book is thought provoking, fresh, and approachable. It covers the newest evidence-based research that challenges popular keto and paleo diets and their research findings. There are no guilt trips or hard lines drawn in the sand.  

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Very interesting book, evidence-based discussion on the earliest influences on how we learn to eat and why we choose and love the foods that we do. Important for counselors who want to understand and affect food choices of their clients and patients.

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An interesting look at our food and agriculture systems in the U.S.—and how they influence chronic disease. What we eat, Federal guidelines, and the current Farm Bill have tremendous implications on our health.

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“Nutrition isn’t rocket science; it’s harder.”  Excellent book on the science behind how nutrients impact our bodies and brain. It covers how our food environment and ultra-processed foods shape our eating behaviors and the food choices we make. Diseases like obesity and type 2 diabetes are not a result of a failure of will power.

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Fantastic resource for all nutrition practitioners who work in wellness, sports, or acute care! Educate yourself on supplements patients are taking or those you want to suggest. Over 132 contributing authors who are experts in their field.

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Written by a family doctor specializing in childhood feeding and a speech pathologist, they teach counselors how to help families assure a child’s healthy nutrition and growth, while ending mealtime anxiety and stress.

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The author, Adam Grant, shows that progress depends less on how hard you work than how well you learn. Growth is not about the genius you possess—it’s about the character you develop. Good manager’s coaching skills can help bring out or facilitate others’ potential.

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As the body ages, a person’s needs change regarding fitness, physical abilities, and nutrition. This book is for casual and serious athletes and the professionals who help them prepare for everyday walks, as well as more advanced training, competition, and recovery. It also covers how chronic diseases alter a person’s needs.

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Getting older doesn’t have to mean getting sicker. Inspired by the dietary and lifestyle patterns of centenarians in the “blue zones,” the author, Michael Greger, MD, condenses the most important evidence-based research on the optimal components of successful aging.

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The author, Michael Greger, MD, founder of NutritionFacts.org, condenses the most important evidence-based research on the optimal components of successful remedies of obesity. They include: plant-based eating, calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our microbiome.

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Everyone over 50 years needs this book! Latest research on prevention/delay of chronic diseases, age degeneration, and biochemical changes. For practitioners in outpatient, nursing homes, and other settings.  Therapies can be safer and more cost effective. From the Weil Integrative Medicine Library.

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Current 7th edition with ADA’s newest standards of care! This book covers the newest evidence-based research in intensive diabetes patient care, which has been proven effective in controlling or delaying diabetes consequences, and is now the rule, instead of the exception in care. 

This course is only for CHES practitioners registered with NCHEC 

Exciting book and course by the original Intuitive Eating Pros! Over 500,000 copies sold since 1995! Self-study 51.75 CE hours courses includes: 4th Edition Book & Parts A &B Online Tests, Workbook 2nd Ed. (2025), Coaching Audio Book, and Two Webinars by the authors—on IE, eating disorders & psychology. Over 200 evidence-based studies worldwide show the effectiveness of IE counseling. 

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For people with chronic pain, the brain “has the capacity to reduce or even eliminate” pain. There is more evidence than ever that sleep, diet and nutrition, integrative therapies like mindfulness, myofascial, yoga, acupuncture, and psychotherapies among others can be effective. Gupta explains the benefits and risks of over the counter and prescription pain relievers, CBD, and patches. Wealth of science-backed strategies.