Courses

Utilization of NHANES Data to Assess Pediatric Undernutrition

Program Date: 23 May 2019

Publication Date: 02 August 2019

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 1.0 CE; Dietitian 1.0 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Robert Murray, MD, and Christopher Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND, will provide an overview of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition); summarize the AND/ASPEN consensus statement on pediatric malnutrition; discuss the NHANES survey methodology and recent malnutrition data analysis using the AND/ASPEN consensus statement in US children; and identify how clinicians can apply the latest NHANES data into their clinical practice.

Course Objectives
  • Provide an overview of pediatric malnutrition (undernutrition). 
  • Summarize the AND/ASPEN consensus statement on pediatric malnutrition. 
  • Discuss the NHANES survey methodology and data analysis using the AND/ASPEN consensus statement in US children. 
  • Identify how clinicians can apply the latest NHANES data into their clinical practice.

Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 6.2.3, 8.2.3

Activity Code: 176863

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Robert Murray, MD, FAAP

Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition 
The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
Columbus, OH, USA

Dr Murray spent more than 20 years in the field of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. He served as the Pediatric Nutrition Medical Director for Abbott from 2003-2006. For ten years, Dr Murray was a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Council on School Health, serving as chair in the final four years. He is a board member of Action for Healthy Kids as well as a board member of the Children’s Hunger Alliance and previously served on the Board of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. Dr Murray is a past-President of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Christopher A Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND

Associate Professor, Medical Dietetics
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA

Dr Chris Taylor is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Dietetics and the Department of Family Medicine at The Ohio State University. Dr Taylor was trained by the NIH/NIDDK Clinical Research Center in Phoenix to conduct various dietary intake assessment methodologies and has analyzed primary and secondary data to describe dietary habits and food intake patterns, especially among underserved populations. He has secured institutional, federal, and industry funding to evaluate national surveillance data and examine dietary patterns. He has given numerous invited and peer review presentations to share his findings on American dietary patterns. He uses these analyses of dietary patterns to inform interventions targeting patients in the patient-centered medical home. Through a partnership with a technology firm, Dr Taylor has developed a method to couple Registered Dietitian Nutritionists in the Patient Centered Medical Neighborhood with Primary Care Providers in the medical home to close the loop of communication to promote improved patient outcomes.

Category

Abbott Nutrition’s Provider Statement for Nursing CEs:

Abbott Nutrition Health Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider #CEP 11213.

Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:

This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.