Study Guide: Sugarproof The Hidden Dangers of Sugar That Are Putting Your Child’s Health at Risk and What You Can Do
This continuing education activity, Sugarproof: The Hidden Dangers of Sugar That Are Putting Your Child’s Health at Risk and What You Can Do, consists of a book of the same title by Michael I. Goran and Emily E. Ventura and this Study Guide. This continuing education activity is designed to help you understand the impact of a high-sugar diet on children and provide recommendations to clients to improve overall diet and health quality. It is also designed to help you earn 18 Level 2, Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEUs).
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, nutrition professionals will better be able to:
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of manufactured low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LCS) that are widely available in the US.
- Identify alternative names for sugars and explain their overall glycemic impact.
- Counsel clients in choosing meals to minimize the impact of a high-sugar diet on their children.
- Discuss Sugarproof’s 7-Day and 28-Day No-Added-Sugar Challenges and help your patients implement the strategies to improve their sugar awareness.
- Recommend various behavioral techniques to help parents motivate their children to make healthier choices.
Additional Information
Susan Burke March has made her personal passion for healthy living and smart weight management her vocation. For more than 30 years, she was a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Educator, now retired. Susan holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in nutrition and education from Queens College, City University of New York, and advanced certificates of training in Adult Weight Management (Levels 1 and 2) and Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management. She served as Chief Clinical Nutrition Manager at Mt. Sinai Hospital of Queens, New York.
Susan is the former Vice President of Nutrition and Chief Nutritionist for eDiets.com, an online weight management program leader. She led the nutritional development of a roster of healthy weight programs and spearheaded the development of unprecedented features and services that are commonplace in the industry today. Susan served on the board of the Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and as a spokesperson for the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was a staff presenter for Certificate Programs in Weight Management for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Relocating to Valencia, Spain, in July 2020, Susan completed a three-year term as Country Representative to Spain and is the current Sponsorship Chair for the International Affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (IAAND). Susan also serves on the board of the International Women’s Club Valencia.
DISCLOSURES:
Susan Burke March, MSEd, faculty for this activity, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
The planners for this educational 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 (publisher of Wolf Rinke Associates) 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
- 18.00 CDR