Dietitian Course: An In-Depth Look At The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines For Americans

AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE 2020-2025 DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS

Since 1980, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have released and continue to update the dietary guidelines every 5 years. The 2020-2025 guidelines were much anticipated as for the first time it includes recommendations for 0 to 24 months and for pregnancy and lactation. In this webinar, we will review the history of the dietary guidelines, the newest additions and modifications made to these latest guidelines. In addition, the presenter will discuss ways practitioners can help clients more closely adhere to these nutrition recommendations.

Upon successful completion of this one-hour course, the participant should be able to:

Understand the process of how the dietary guidelines are created.

Explain the current 2020-2025 dietary guidelines and any modifications/additions made to them.

Communicate healthful eating messages to patients or clients based on the dietary guidelines and MyPlate.

Live Event Date: Feb 14, 2023

Expiration Date: May 31, 2024

Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives: 6.2.1, 8.1.1, 13.2.1

Target Audience: RDs, DTRs, Health Professionals

Number of Credits: 1.0

Level(s): 1, 2

Total Cost: $18 ($18.00 per credit)

About the Presenter: Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND

Toby is the founder of Toby Amidor Nutrition, PC, where she provides nutrition and food safety consulting services for individuals, restaurants and food brands. She is a Wall Street Journal bestselling cookbook author and has 9 published cookbooks and her upcoming cookbook Up Your Veggies: Flexitarian Recipes for the Whole Family is due out October 2023. For close to 15 years Toby has been the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com, and founding contributor to their Healthy Eats Blog. Toby is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, Shape.com, EatingWell.com and others and has her own “Ask the Expert” column in Today’s Dietitian Magazine. She is also on the medical board for Forbes.com and EatThis.com and on the editorial board for Today's Dietitian Magazine. As a nutrition expert, she has been quoted in hundreds of publications and appears on local and national television shows. For 11 years Toby was an adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia University teaching food service management and also taught at CUNY Hunter School of Public Urban Health in New York City.

Toby trained as a clinical dietitian at New York University. Through ongoing consulting and faculty positions, she has established herself as one of the top experts in culinary nutrition, food safety, and media communications. In 2018, Toby was awarded by the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics the coveted Media Excellence Award.

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