Featured Courses

Fully updated 3rd edition! It covers the newest evidence-based research in metabolic and bariatric surgery. Additional content includes new nutrition counseling and educational tools, reviews of more liberal diet progression, and new procedures like anastomosis, endoscopic therapies, and biliopancreatic diversion. The Academy also offers 7 CPE hours for buying the book.

Practitioners at all levels of experience will find communication pearls to succeed in this book covering social media, online marketing, media interviews, videos, publishing, speaking, negotiating, addressing misinformation and much more. The Academy offers an additional 14 CPE hours for book buyers.

This book is a must-have for any health practitioner working with patients with celiac disease or gluten-sensitivity. It contains evidence-based research and hundreds of gluten-free resources. Shelley has been a popular speaker at the Academy’s annual convention. This is a myth-dispelling, easy to read, and comprehensive book on what we need to know and how to live with the diagnosis. 

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.

Current 7^th 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. 

Exciting new book and course by the Original Intuitive Eating Pros! Over 500,000 copies sold since 1995! Self-study 46 CE hours course includes: new 4^th edition book & online test, workbook (2017), audio CDs, and two new webinars by the authors—on IE, eating disorders & psychology. Over 120 evidence-based studies worldwide show the effectiveness of IE counseling. 

New York Times Best Seller! This course is a comprehensive review of the evidence-based research regarding cognitive longevity. Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN medical correspondent, discusses protecting the brain from decline and providing resiliency if it has begun. 

This topic was requested by RDNs for a new course! Dr. Okun is a world authority on Parkinson’s Disease and how to maintain quality of life for PD patients and their caretakers. Learn therapies for weight management, gastroparesis, drooling, bowel and urinary issues. CDCES, CHES approved.

For the manager, entrepreneur, leader, or aspiring leader in health care and social services. Learn how to transform conversations and minimize resistance within colleagues and employees concerning change, addressing performance, or creating new procedures. 

This new edition provides vital tools for helping young people open up about their struggles, explore alternatives, and make healthier choices. The authors show how to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context.

For over 35 years, Sylvia Escott-Stump’s popular book, which is reviewed by practicing and academic nutrition experts, has been the go-to clinical nutrition resource for practitioners wanting to update or refresh their knowledge. The book covers evidence-based therapies and practice guidance on 270 clinical conditions. 

Fully updated 2^nd 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.

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. 

Winner of NPR, Smithsonian, & James Beard’s Best American Cookbook! Chef Sherman celebrates healthy locally sourced, native, wild caught, and seasonal foods—not European staples like wheat flour, dairy, and sugar. 

Easily compared to Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Today’s optimistic farm-to-table food culture has a dark secret: the local food movement, so far, has failed to change how we eat. Chef Barber studied the soil, land, sea, and seed to see how best to promote, grow, and eat a diet that is in harmony with the earth—sustainable production. 

This book is thought-provoking and female-needs specific because women’s hormones are often ignored. It covers evidence-based research that challenges popular keto diets used for men and their bodies. Women’s bodies are unique, and many current guidelines don’t recognize that enough—on weight gain, waist gain, reduced testosterone, etc. and why that matters.