New Courses

Pocket Guide to Children with Special Health Care and Nutritional Needs
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.

Processed Food Addiction
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.

Promoting Biodiversity in Food Systems
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.

Real Food for Pregnancy
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.

Simple & Safe Baby-Led Weaning
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.

The Jemima Code
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.

The Rise
Eater and Food & Wine Best Cookbooks! Chef, author, TV star, Samuelsson celebrates contemporary Black Chefs and cuisines from Africa, Caribbean, and US. He shares stories, history, plus every day and celebration cooking.

Women, Food, and Hormones
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.
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