Unintentional Weight Loss and Cachexia: Medical Nutrition Therapy and Nutrition Care Strategies

Brought to you by the ADA Center for Professional Development through an unrestricted educational grant from Par Pharmaceutical.

Suggested Learning Need Codes: 5000, 5040, 4190, 5100, 5150, 5250, 5370
CPE Level: 2
CPE Hours: 2

Learning Objectives
After completing the self-study components, participants will be able to:

Describe the environmental, physiological and psychosocial factors that impact food intake patterns for elderly patients and patients with cancer and HIV/AIDS
Apply current identification and assessment recommendations for patients with unintentional weight loss and cachexia
Implement effective intervention and nutrition care strategies for patients at risk for, or diagnosed with, unintentional weight loss or cachexia

This self-study includes the following components:

Wasting and Cachexia
White paper published by Par Pharmaceutical, November 2005
Managing the cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome: a pharmacologic review
Article published in Oncology Nutrition Connection, a publication of the Oncology Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group, Fall 2004
Medical Nutrition Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Unintentional Weight Loss in Residential Healthcare Facilities
Article published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, March 2003
Unintentional Weight Loss and Cachexia: Medical Nutrition Therapy and Nutrition Care Strategies
Additional reading (bibliography)
CPE Questionnaire

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