A Free Self-Study Continuing Education Program for Dietetic Professionals

Move It! - Research Updates from the Activity Side of the Energy Balance Equation Plus Strategies That Get Your Clients off the Couch

Approved for 1.0 CPE credit hour by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Program Number: 091225

Release Date: September 4, 2009

Effective Through: September 4, 2011

Suggested Learning Needs Codes: 2110, 4000, 4060 [These are suggested learning codes only. You may use any learning code that is applicable]

Program Overview:

This program will review the latest research in the fitness versus fatness debate and the growing evidence supporting a role of physical activity in healthful aging, chronic disease prevention and quality of life, including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, plus effective strategies for motivating clients to put more physical activity into their daily lives.

Learning Objectives:

After completing this self-study learning module, health professionals will be able to:

• Discuss the importance of physical activity as a public health issue. Describe the health
  implications of low physical activity levels.
• Utilizing data from two (2) large clinical trials to the support the benefits of adhering to a routine
  of regular physical activity, including the benefits related to body weight, heart disease, cancer
  and depression.
• Discuss the association between BMI and fitness levels among adults. Use Fit/Fat & Mortality
  data in men data to explain the basis for the "Fit versus fat" debate and the limitations of the data.
• Discuss motivation techniques and strategies to help patients overcome common barriers to exercise and integrate and accumulate physical activity in their daily lives.
• Identify self-monitoring tools for assessing activity level and energy expenditure (eg, pedometers,
  physical activity records).

Instructions:

Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered: Simply follow the instructions below to earn 1.0 CPE credit hour following your successful completion of the CPE Quiz.

Step 1. Read the program objectives for this CPE program as listed above.

Step 2. View the program materials, including the podcast presentation and accompanying handouts (presentation key points). You can view or download the handouts as a PDF through the links below. (To save, right-click on the link and choose "save target as.")

• Podcast Presentation (Flash video)
• Slide Handout (PDF)

Step 3. Complete the CPE Quiz to ensure you have met the program objectives. When you are finished, check your answers against the CPE Quiz Key.

Step 4. Follow this link to provide an on-line evaluation of this CPE Module.

Step 5. Download the Certificate of Completion and put it in your files to verify completion of the CPE program and to receive one CPE credit hour.

Step 6. For more information, view the bibliography and additional references (PDF).

Speaker Biographies:

Steven N. Blair, PED, FACSM

Steven N. Blair is Professor in the Departments of Exercise Science and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina; and Executive Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation, University of North Texas. He also is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and the College of Education at the University of Houston. Dr. Blair is a past-president of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, and the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.

Barbara Fletcher, RN, MN, FAAN

Barbara Johnston Fletcher is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, College of Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida. As a clinician and researcher in the field of cardiovascular nursing, she has conducted seminal studies on activity for cardiac patients, which evolved into a steady trajectory of scholarly inquiry into exercise behaviors and outcomes for different patient populations. She has led multidisciplinary research projects as a co-principal investigator of federally funded studies addressing cardiovascular risk factors.

Timothy Church, M.D., M.P.H, P.h.D

Dr. Church is a Professor, the John S. McIlhenny Endowed Chair of Health Wisdom and is the director of the Laboratory of Preventive Medicine at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dr. Church earned his Medical Degree and PhD (structural and cellular biology) from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He completed a residency in preventive medicine at Tulane during which time he obtained a Masters in Public Health. He is Board Certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine.

* This program is based on a webinar presented in September 2008.