Intermittent Fasting — An Evidence-Based Assessment

This continuing education course identifies and examines the basic guidelines for various methods of intermittent fasting (IF), reviews the scientific literature, and discusses evidence, potential benefits, contraindications, and possible downsides to both short-term and long-term fasting.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education course, nutrition professionals should be better able to:

  1. Counsel clients about the different types of intermittent fasting (IF) methods.
  2. Evaluate the current research surrounding IF.
  3. Examine the health effects of IF.
  4. Provide education on the potential side effects and drawbacks of IF.

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
CPE Level: 
2
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.00 CDR
Course opens: 
07/10/2026
Course expires: 
07/09/2029
CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
Rating: 
0

Course content was written by Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, president of Dana White Nutrition, Inc, a sports dietitian, and an associate clinical professor of athletic training and sports medicine at Quinnipiac University.

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).

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

Price

CE Club cost:
$12.00
CE Club cost:
$0.00
Cost:
$24.00
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