Change is an excellent word to describe what is happening in the gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) field. A major change is the expected number of women who will be diagnosed with GDM. Previously about 1 in 15 or ~7% of pregnant women were diagnosed with GDM.

This continuing education activity, Pocket Guide to Eating Disorders, Second Edition, consists of a pocket guide of the same title by Jessica Setnick, MS, RD, CEDRD, and this study guide.

This continuing education activity, Skinny Liver: A Proven Program to Prevent and Reverse the New Silent Epidemic - Fatty Liver Disease, consists of a book of the same title by Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN, and this study guide.

This continuing education activity, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide, Fifth Edition, consists of a book of the same title by Roberta Larson Duyff, MS, RDN, FAND, FADA, and this Study Guide.

The Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE) has become a

The age of adolescence encapsulates a window of time when bodies are rapidly changing and growing as they evolve into young adults.

The metabolic alterations resulting from trauma and other severe injuries are well recognized. This response is characterized by an increase in protein catabolism which outstrips the concomitant increase in synthesis. The result is net overall catabolism with degradation of muscle and fat mass.

Diabetes and prediabetes are serious chronic diseases affecting over 133 million Americans or approximately 43% of the U.S. population, but, unfortunately, more than 23% of people with diabetes are undiagnosed and 38% of U.S.