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ForwardThyroid Disease and Weight Management
This continuing education course examines the intersection of thyroid dysfunction and body weight to explore the influence they have on each other.
Course content appeared as the CPE Monthly in the October 2022 edition of Today's Dietitian.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Explain hypo- and hyperthyroidism and discuss their physiological impact on weight management.
- Identify how thyroid hormones affect weight and describe their roles in energy expenditure.
- List three ways dietitians can improve patient outcomes by overcoming common barriers to managing thyroid dysfunction.
Additional Information
Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN, is a consultant in corporate wellness and a freelance food and nutrition writer based in Pennsylvania.
Alexandria Hardy, RDN, LDN, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 2.00 CDR