An updated evidence-based practice guideline provides recommendations for registered dietitian nutritionists or international equivalents who deliver medical nutrition therapy behavioral interventions for adults with overweight and obesity to improve cardiometabolic outcomes, quality of life and weight outcomes, when appropriate for and desired by the patient or client.
Recommendations in this guideline highlight the importance of considering complex contributors to overweight and obesity and individualizing interventions to patient- or client-centered goals based on specific needs and preferences and shared decision making. Additionally, recommendations in this guideline have the potential to increase access to care and decrease costs through utilization of telehealth and group counseling as effective delivery methods, and to address other barriers to overweight and obesity management interventions. It also focuses on collaboration with clients and interprofessional health care teams to provide high-quality medical nutrition therapy interventions using the nutrition care process.
Learn more about how evidence-based adult weight management interventions can be individualized to provide inclusive, client-centered care, when appropriate for and desired by the client by reading the full “Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline” published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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