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Energy Expenditure in Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

Program Date: 18 May 2023

Publication Date: 03 October 2023

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

Course Description

In this course, Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RDN, will review factors associated with energy expenditure (EE); compare predicted with measured EE among patients with Long-Chain Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders (LC-FAODs); compare EE among subjects with LC-FAODs to matched controls; and discuss potential differences in EE among patients with LC-FAODs. Originally presented live at the 19th Abbott Metabolic Conference on 18 May 2023, in San Antonio, TX.

Course Objectives
  • Review factors associated with energy expenditure (EE).  
  • Compare predicted with measured EE among patients with LC-FAODs. 
  • Compare EE among subjects with LC-FAODs to matched controls. 
  • Discuss potential differences in EE among patients with LC-FAODs.

Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 8.2.1, 10.2.4

Activity Code: 181815

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RDN

Associate Professor 
Oregon Health Science University 
Portland, OR, USA

Melanie Gillingham, PhD, RD, is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, OR. She is the Director of the Master’s Program in Human Nutrition at OHSU. Her research interests are focused on nutrition therapy for fatty acid oxidation disorders. (FAODs). Her laboratory conducts clinical trials on various medical nutrition therapies for FAODs (current trials include oral ketone supplementation and the natural history of LCHADD retinopathy) and basic research in cell and mouse models of FAODs.

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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.