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This continuing education course identifies and examines recent scientific literature addressing diet and lifestyle modifications to treat chronic constipation and briefly explores alternative therapies and medications. It reviews the role of the dietitian in advising dietary intervention as well as lifestyle modifications for the prevention and treatment of chronic constipation.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:
- Discuss the incidence rates of chronic constipation.
- List the diet and lifestyle factors that increase the risk of constipation.
- Assess client history for nutrient intake, dietary pattern, and attempts made to alleviate constipation.
- Identify and explain the combination of diet and lifestyle interventions associated with normalizing bowel habits.
- Recognize over-the-counter product ingredients, probiotics, and prescription products used to treat chronic constipation.
Additional Information
Course content was written by Alexandria Hardy, RDN LDN, owner of Pennsylvania Nutrition Services.
The faculty and planners for this activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
An "ineligible company" includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company 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.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 2.00 CDR