Educational Objectives:

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

1. Revise physiology of growth in children and the factors that can have influence it.
2. Give examples of clinical measures to assess nutritional status and of different definitions of malnutrition.
3. Describe some of methods to use for assessing dietary intakes and possible barriers to intake and absorption of an individual child.
4. Explain the definition and Nutrient Intake Values (NIV); Population Reference Intake (PRI) and Upper Nutrient Level (UNL).

Child Growth Clinical Evaluation and Anthropometry Diet History and Diet Intake Assessment Nutrient Intake Values: Concepts & Application Module 1 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Describe some of the important benefits of breastfeeding for infant and maternal health.
2. Name common feeding problems and recommend some of the strategies to promote healthy child feeding and avoid feeding problems.
3. Define the term “complementary feeding” & age of its introduction and describe developmental reasons for introducing infants to complementary foods during the second semester of life.
4. identify aspects related to infant formula composition and how suitability of these products should be determined.

Breastfeeding Childhood Feeding Problems Complementary Foods Formula Feeding Module 2 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Recognize nutritional strategies in early infancy that can decrease the risk of allergies and atopic dermatitis in infants.
2. Define biological programming and give examples of the impact of early nutrition practices on long-term health.
3. Identify factors that influence the development of infant’s microbiota.

Allergy Prevention through Early Nutrition Early Nutrition and Long-Term Health Gut Microbiota in Infants Module 3 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Give examples of key principles of obesity management in children and adolescence.
2. Identify the main micronutrients deficiencies associated with substantial percentage of global deaths in children <5 years of age and understand the impact of multiple micronutrient supplementation for children and pregnant women.
3. Recognize the impact of physical activity on health of children and adolescents.
4. Give examples of practical considerations in devising a healthy diet for children and identify key aspects of food dietary guidelines for children.

Management of Child and Adolescent Obesity Micronutrient Deficiencies in Children Physical Activity, Health and Nutrition Toddlers, Preschool and School Children Module 4 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Define celiac disease and be aware about some fundamentals of the gluten free diet.
2. Identify basic fundaments and differences between food intolerance and allergy.
3. Identify characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa and recommend some nutritional rehabilitation for these patients.
4. Differentiate key differences between gastroesophageal reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Celiac Disease Food Intolerance and Allergy Nutrition Rehabilitation in Eating Disorders Regurgitation and Gastroesophageal Reflux Module 5 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Classify different types of carbohydrates and define minimum carbohydrates recommendation for infants.
2. Demonstrate general and children specific functions of proteins well as explain how protein quality is determined.
3. Describe main functions of fats, essential fatty acids and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
4. Discuss about regulation/maintenance of body water and principles of rehydration.

Digestible and Non-Digestible Carbohydrates Fats Fluid and Electrolytes Protein Module 6 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Classify fat & water soluble vitamins, and give some examples of factors affecting vitamin and trace element nutrition.
2. Name different types of vegetarian diets and recognize potential risks they can pose in childhood.
3. Explain how nutritional safety of food can be assessed and identify main causes of foodborne diseases.
4. Express how energy requirements of infants, children and adolescents are defined.

Energy Requirements of Infants, Children and Adolescents Food Safety Vegetarian Diets Vitamins and Trace Elements Module 7 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Name categories of risk factors for nutritional compromise in children undergoing treatment for malignant disease and propose some strategies of nutrition support for this population.
2. Identify the impact of different types of cardiac lesions in infants with congenital heart diseases on growth failure and the importance of breastfeeding/breast milk.
3. Advise appropriate infant feeding regime to infants born from HIV positive mothers.
4. Recognize factors that can negatively influence nutritional intake of children with chronic kidney disease and define some strategies to ensure adequate nutrition.

Haemato-Oncology Heart Disease HIV and AIDS Nutritional Management in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease Module 8 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Identify and advise dietary management for key disorders stemming from inborn errors of metabolism.
2. Recognize how cystic fibrosis can influence nutritional status and propose some strategies of nutrition intervention.
3. Recognize how cholestatic liver disease can influence nutritional status in childhood and advise the nutritional management in this scenario.
4. Identify key aspects of nutritional therapy to maintain normal blood glucose levels in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Inborn Errors of Metabolism Nutrition in Cystic Fibrosis Nutritional Management in Cholestatic Liver Disease Nutritional Management of Diabetes in Childhood (1) Module 9 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Discuss the benefits, types of diet and modes of administration of exclusive enteral nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease.
2. Summarize some of key aspects of dietary treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
3. Identify proper nutrition support for critically ill patients admitted to intensive care.
4. Explain how functional consequences of short bowel syndrome (SBS) can affect nutritional status and point out benefits of oral feeding and breast milk .

Enteral Nutrition for Paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hypercholesterolemia Intensive Care Malabsorptive Disorders and Short Bowel Syndrome Module 10 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Discuss how nutrition intervention programs for adolescents should be performed.
2. Describe key milestones of the development of the gastrointestinal tract during intrauterine life.
3. Recommend appropriate gestational weight gain during pregnancy and give examples of micronutrient specific functions during this period.
4. Discuss nutritional management of preterm infants during different phases of nutrition support.

Adolescent Nutrition Gastrointestinal Development, Nutrient Digestion and Absorption Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation Preterm and Low-Birth-Weight Infants Module 11 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool

Educational Objectives:

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

1. Propose advantages and disadvantages of different enteral formulae and give examples of indications/contra-indications of enteral feeding in childhood.
2. Revise parenteral nutrition indications and identify potential risks of this type of nutrition as well as illustrate key aspects related to substrate supply.
3. Differentiate primary from secondary malnutrition and propose nutritional management according to the type/severity of malnutrition.
4. Appraise the risk factors for diarrheal disease in childhood and propose interventions for diarrhea prevention and management.

Enteral Nutrition Support Parenteral Nutritional Support Primary and Secondary Malnutrition Reducing the Burden of Acute and Prolonged Childhood Diarrhea Module 12 Exam --> Certificate, Survey and Critical Thinking Tool