Healthy Weight Missouri: Registered Dietician Nutritionist Training

Self-paced
1 credit
Instructor: Amy Larson

Course Overview:

These trainings review essential components of establishing a therapeutic relationship with adult and pediatric clients with obesity and thorough medical nutrition assessment. The trainings describe medical nutrition therapy and its role in conjunction with intensive behavioral treatment, pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery. The trainings review the steps in becoming a Missouri Medicaid provider and a recognized provider of medical nutrition therapy for obesity with Missouri HealthNet.

Global Outcome:

Increase in knowledge and confidence when working with adults and children with overweight/obesity.

Topics:

Module 1 Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management

Module 2 Medical Nutrition Therapy for Adult Obesity

Module 3 Contextual Risk Factors for Obesity

Module 4 Effective Communication for Obesity Care

Instructor(s):

Amy Braddock, MD, MsPH

Family and Community Medicine

University of Missouri, Columbia

Sarah Hampl, MD

Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition

Kemper Endowed Professor for Healthy Lifestyles

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Professor of Pediatrics, University of MO-Kansas City School of Medicine

Helena Laroche, MD, FAAP, ABOM

Scientific Medical Director, Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

Length:

4.25 Hours.

Department:

MU Continuing Education for Health Professions

Course Dates, Accreditation and Completion

Important dates
• Enrollment open until February 6, 2026
• Course closes February 7, 2027

Contact hours for this program will not be awarded after February 7, 2027.

Accreditation
Successful Completion
Successful completion of this activity includes participating in the educational offering, participating in the online evaluation process, and completing the online verification of attendance, enables the learner to satisfy the requirements to claim continuing education.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, University of Missouri - Continuing Education for Health Professions 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.

Credit Designation Statements

Physician (AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing (ANCC Contact Hours)

The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this activity for up to 4.25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

This activity is designated for up to 4.25 CDR CPEUs. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (1 IPCE credits = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Logs. Performance Indicator selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosures

The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education state that participants in CE activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial relationship in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form.

Helena LaRoche, MD, owns stock in APLT- Applied Therapeutics, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, and Evaxion A/S. All relevant financial relationships for this individual have been mitigated. No other relevant financial relationships were identified for any member of the planning committee or presenter.

Audience:

Registered Dieticians/Nutritionists, Physicians and Nurses

Accommodations

University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to limited English proficient individuals upon request. All requests must be made a minimum of 14 days before course start date. MU Extension will attempt to implement late requests but cannot guarantee they will be met.

Cancellations and Refund Requests

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Full course description

Course Dates, Accreditation and Completion