Continuing Professional Education
The following Continuing Professional Education (CPE) content has been approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Below you can find instructions for completing and receiving credit for each of our CPE-eligible activities. You may submit an evaluation of any of the following CPE offerings to the Commission on Dietetic Registration at QualityCPE@eatright.org.
Webinars Self-Study Activities
Webinars
Snacking Snapshot: Consumer Insights and Strategies to Enhance Diet Quality
This free, 60-minute webinar on snacking provided insights from IFIC’s consumer Spotlight Survey and featured nutrition professor, science communicator, and snacking scholar, Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD, from the University of Minnesota. Watch the recording to uncover how consumers perceive snacking in their diets and see an overview of how snacking could be used to enhance diet quality.
To view this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- CPEU(s) offered: 1
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers:
- Milton Stokes, PhD, MPH, RD, FAND
- Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD
- Speaker Slides: Please see the speaker slides here.
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here. You may also submit an evaluation of this CPE offering to the Commission on Dietetic Registration at QualityCPE@eatright.org.
- The recording of this webinar has been approved for 1 CPEUs per the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Access the CPE certificate here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
Sodium Shift: Insights, Impacts, & Innovations For Public Health
This free, 60-minute webinar on sodium featured insights from IFIC’s consumer Spotlight Survey as well as food scientist and sodium expert, Mario Ferruzzi, PhD, Chief of Developmental Nutrition and Professor of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This webinar shared results on how consumers perceive sodium in their diets and provided an overview of sodium, emphasizing its functional properties and highlighting efforts made to reduce sodium in the food supply.
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Additional Webinar Details
- CPEU(s) offered: 1
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers:
- Milton Stokes, PhD, MPH, RD, FAND
- Mario Ferruzzi, PhD
- Speaker Slides: Please see the speaker slides here.
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here. You may also submit an evaluation of this CPE offering to the Commission on Dietetic Registration at QualityCPE@eatright.org.
- The recording of this webinar has been approved for 1 CPEUs per the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Access the CPE certificate here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
2024 IFIC Food & Health Survey: Get The Inside Scoop
This free, 60-minute webinar featured consumer insights from IFIC’s 2024 Food & Health Survey. IFIC’s 2024 Food & Health Survey marks the 19th year IFIC has surveyed Americans to understand their perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors surrounding food and food-purchasing decisions.
To view this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- CPEU(s) offered: 1
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers:
- Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN
- Kris Sollid, RD
- Speaker Slides: Please see the entire 2024 IFIC Food & Health Survey here.
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here. You may also submit an evaluation of this CPE offering to the Commission on Dietetic Registration at QualityCPE@eatright.org.
- The recording of this webinar has been approved for 1 CPEUs per the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Access the CPE certificate here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
- Survey Report: 2024 IFIC Food & Health Survey
- Press Release: The International Food Information Council (IFIC) Releases Annual Food & Health Survey Revealing Rising Consumer Stress, Lagging Consumer Confidence In The U.S. Food Supply
Dairy Decisions: Purchase Drivers, Health Impacts & Demographic Considerations
This free, 60-minute webinar features data from IFIC’s new consumer research on dairy. In this webinar, you will gain insights into dairy purchase drivers and perceptions on health impacts, with an emphasis on Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) subpopulations, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligible people as well. Speakers explore consumption barriers and considerations for dairy products as part of a healthy eating pattern, including potential barriers that may be uniquely attributable to race, ethnicity and/or income level.
To view this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- CPEU(s) offered: 1
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers:
- Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN
- Dr. Tamika Sims
- Speaker Slides: Download here
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here. You may also submit an evaluation of this CPE offering to the Commission on Dietetic Registration at QualityCPE@eatright.org.
- The recording of this webinar has been approved for 1 CPEUs per the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Access the CPE certificate here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
- IFIC Research: Understanding Fluid Milk & Dairy Food Consumption Patterns to Enhance Diet Quality & Nutrition Equity
- Optimal Daily Dairy Consumption Remains Elusive Despite Well-Established Health Benefits
Please note: While the following Expert Webinars are no longer eligible for CPE credit, they are still packed with relevant IFIC Consumer Research and feature subject-matter experts on a range of food, nutrition, food safety and agriculture topics.
An Apple A Day? Emerging Research On The Impact Of Fruits, Vegetables & Fiber On The Gut Microbiome
Registrants will learn how the gut microbiome is impacted by what we eat and how this connects to health outcomes. Specific considerations for how fiber, fruit, and vegetable consumption impact the flora of the gut will be discussed. Speakers also explored newly released consumer research showcasing perceptions on fruit and vegetable consumption, and how pesticide exposure concerns can impact these consumption habits.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.3.1, 8.2.1
- Featured Speakers:
- Dr. Katrine Whiteson
- Dr. Wisnu Adi Wicaksono (on behalf of Dr. Gabriele Berg)
- Dr. Tamika Sims
- Speaker Slides:
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
- 2023 Food and Health Survey
- IFIC Spotlight Survey: Public Perceptions of Pesticides & Produce Consumption
Caffeine For Athletic Performance: Friend Or Foe?
In this webinar, you will learn about consumer perceptions, safety, sources, recommended amounts as well as the potential role of caffeine in athletic performance.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.3.1, 8.3.6
- Featured Speakers: Jessica Isaacs, RD, CSSD, Sports Dietitian and Tony Flood, Senior Director, Food Ingredient Communications, IFIC
- Speaker Slides:
- View Tony Flood, IFIC’s slides here.
- View Jessica Isaacs, RD, CSSD’s slides here.
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
Breaking Down the Basics and Biological Fate of Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners
In this webinar on low- and no-calorie sweeteners, you will learn about consumer perceptions, recent safety evaluations and intake guidelines, and the unique characteristics of various types of low- and no-calorie sweeteners that determine how we absorb, metabolize, and excrete them after consumption.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.3.1, 8.1.4
- Featured Speakers: Dr. Berna Magnuson and Kris Sollid, RD
- Speaker Slides: View slides here
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
IFIC Consumer Insights & Resources
- 2023 Food and Health Survey
- 2023 Public Perceptions of Dietary Sweeteners
- Monk Fruit CPE Self-Study Activity
- Stevia CPE Self-Study Activity
- Sucralose CPE Self-Study Activity
- Everything You Need to Know About Aspartame
- Are Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Safe?
The Processed Foods Paradox: Consumer Insights on Today’s Most Controversial Foods
This webinar explores consumer perceptions, attitudes and behaviors about processed foods and their potential place in healthy dietary patterns. This webinar serves as a follow-up to IFIC’s previous webinar: Processed Foods: Can they be right for your health or are they better left on the store shelf?
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers: Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, Alyssa Pike, RDN
- Speaker Slides: View slides here
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Consumer Insights from IFIC
- Consumer Survey: Public Perceptions Of Processed Foods In A Healthy Diet 2024
- Five Top Takeaways About Today’s Processed Foods Landscape
- 2023 Food and Health Survey
- Perceptions on Processed: Consumer Sentiment and Purchasing Habits 2022
- Public Perceptions of Food Ingredients
Advancing Health Professionals’ Understanding of Heavy Metals in Food: What Can Be Done to Protect Public Health?
In this webinar, attendees will enhance their knowledge about the FDA’s “Closer to Zero Action Plan” to reduce childhood exposure to these contaminants and, most importantly, learn more about the importance of nutrition in helping to protect public health.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.1, 4.2.6, 6.3.1
- Featured Speakers: Conrad Choiniere, PhD, FDA, Kellie O. Casavale, PhD, RDN, FDA and Tony Flood, IFIC
- Speaker Slides: View here
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Additional Resources from FDA
- Help Protect Children from Environmental Contaminants: Healthy Food Choices for Your Baby Aged 6-12 Months | FDA
- What You Can Do to Limit Exposure to Arsenic and Lead from Juices | FDA
- Resources to Use FDA/EPA’s Fish Advice | FDA
Additional Resources from IFIC
- Infant and Toddler Feeding Resource
- Metals in Food and Water: What You Need To Know To Protect Your Health
- IFIC Survey: Public Perceptions of Food Ingredients
Processed Foods: Right For Your Health or Better Left On the Store Shelf?
In this webinar you will learn about consumer perceptions of processed foods and new USDA-ARS research on the role of processed foods in healthy and affordable dietary patterns.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.3.1, 8.5.4
- Featured Speakers: Kris Sollid, RD, IFIC; Dr. Julie Hess, USDA
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Additional Resources
- Hall, Kevin D et al. “Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake.” Cell metabolism vol. 30,1 (2019): 67-77.e3
- Hess, Julie M et al. “Dietary Guidelines Meet NOVA: Developing a Menu for A Healthy Dietary Pattern Using Ultra-Processed Foods.” The Journal of nutrition vol. 153,8 (2023): 2472-2481
- Monteiro, Carlos Augusto et al. “A new classification of foods based on the extent and purpose of their processing.” Cadernos de saude publica vol. 26,11 (2010): 2039-49
Additional Resources from IFIC
- Eicher-Miller, Heather A et al. “Contributions of processed foods to dietary intake in the US from 2003-2008: a report of the Food and Nutrition Science Solutions Joint Task Force of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American Society for Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, and International Food Information Council.” The Journal of nutrition vol. 142,11 (2012): 2065S-2072S
- There’s more to process with processed foods
Food System Actions Fighting Climate Change: A Closer Look at the Role of Packaging Sustainability
This recorded webinar provides perspectives from IFIC consumer research on sustainable packaging, as well as innovations and actions from across the food supply that embody climate-smart best practices to satisfy consumer and environmental demands.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 1
- Performance Indicators: 1.8.4, 4.2.4, 11.1.5
- Featured Speakers: Tamika Sims, PhD; Krisztina R. Dörnyei, PhD; Milena Corredig, PhD
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Reducing Risk for Foodborne Illness: Consumers’ Most Important Food Safety Issue
This recorded webinar provides participants with an update on efforts to reduce the risk of foodborne illness through two sectors: the foodservice industry and the federal government. Speakers share data, insights, expertise, and recommendations for food safety best practices to protect public health.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 2.1.2, 4.2.6, 11.1.5
- Featured Speakers: Catherine Cosby, Tom Ford, Aaron Lavallee, Tony Flood
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Morning, Noon or Night: What You Should Know about Caffeine’s Effect on Sleep and Alternative Sources of Caffeine
This recorded webinar provides participants with the current science on safety as well as practical information about caffeine, its effect on adults, sleep patterns and education opportunities for practitioners in retail settings.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.2.3, 11.1.4, 11.2.3
- Featured Speakers: Becki Holmes, MS, RDN, LDN and Annette Maggi, MS, RDN, LD, FAND
- Viewer Evaluation: Please evaluate this webinar here.
Gut Check: Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners and the Gut Microbiome
This recorded webinar discusses the gut microbiome, how low- and no-calorie sweeteners interact with the gut microbiome, and what the published literature has to say about the relationship between these interactions and risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.3.1, 8.1.4
- Featured Speaker: Sabrina Ayoub-Charette (Doctoral student at the University of Toronto)
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
Navigating Nutrition Science in the Media: Translating Evidence to the Public
This recorded webinar provides tools to think more critically and offers techniques and resources to better understand and communicate the quality of nutrition research studies that often receive attention in social or traditional media.
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Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 6.4.2, 8.1.1
- Featured Speakers: Andrew Brown, PhD (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), Charlotte Martin, MS, RDN, CSOWM, CPT
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
Adding Perspective to Recent Sugar Intake Trends
This recorded webinar presents the latest added sugars consumption data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), biological drivers of sugar consumption and the role of sweet taste receptors.
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Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.2.6, 6.4.3, 11.1.5
- Featured Speakers: Alanna Moshfegh, MS, RD (USDA), Paul Breslin, Ph.D. (Monell Chemical Senses Center, Rutgers University).
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
Low-Calorie Sweetener Safety: Settled or Asking For Evidence?
This recorded webinar covers the safety and metabolism of low- and no-calorie sweeteners.
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Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 6.4.2, 8.1.1
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Ashley Roberts, PhD
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
IFIC Agricultural Technology and Food Salon
This recorded webinar consists of several woman professionals involved in agricultural technology, public health and nutrition.
To register for this free webinar, click here.
Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 2
- Performance Indicators: 3.1.2, 8.1.2, 11.1.4, 12.1.1
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
Food Psychology and the Role of Low-Calorie Sweeteners in Appetite and Weight Control
This recorded webinar explores elements of food psychology and the role of low-calorie sweeteners in appetite and weight control.
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Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 1 or 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 6.2.3, 8.3.4, 9.3.1
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Charlotte Hardman, FHEA
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
The ABCs of LCS: Addressing Benefits and Concerns of Low-Calorie Sweeteners
This recorded webinar covers the latest scientific evidence related to intended benefits, concerns and evolving guidelines on low- and no-calorie sweeteners.
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Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 1 or 2
- Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 6.2.3, 6.3.11, 8.3.4
- Featured Speaker: Dr. John L Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC
- Viewer Evaluation: You can evaluate this webinar here.
Myths and Facts about Caffeine Safety: An Expert Evaluation of the Current Science
In this Expert Webinar, Dr. Doepker presented an expert toxicological evaluation of the current science of caffeine. The presentation addressed questions about caffeine metabolism, toxicity, and safety, as well as discussed current controversies in caffeine research.
Additional Webinar Details:
- Program Level: 1 or 2
- Performance Indicators: 6.2.3, 8.1.2, 8.3.6, 9.3.1
- Featured Speaker: Dr. Candace Doepker
- Speaker slides: View here