Full course description
This 4-Section course is the first of a two-part series on Nutrition Treatment and Counseling for Eating Disorders.
This asynchronous online course focuses on eating disorder nutrition treatment as provided by a Registered Dietitian. It will examine the prevention or eating disorders, effects of social media on eating behaviors, explanation of the treatment team and assessment and nutrition diagnosis of eating disorders. It incorporates guest lectures from multiple disciplines.
What will you learn?
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the prevention of eating disorders, including the relationships between social media, nutrition education, and school health class on the risk for eating disorders.
2. Identify the role of different members of the eating disorder treatment team, how to structure a team, and the importance of “playing in your own sandbox.”
3. Critically evaluate treatment approaches to eating disorders
4. Compare and contrast the roles of inpatient and outpatient dietitians in the treatment of eating disorders and identify appropriate meal planning tools for different settings
Who is this course right for?
· Registered Dietitians interested in helping clients with eating disorders
· Dietetic Interns or upper-level dietetics students
· Related professionals who work with clients who have eating disorders (e.g. physicians, therapists, psychiatrists, and school counselors, although not currently accredited for CE for these professions).
Suggested text and readings
Costin, C. (2007). The Eating Disorders Sourcebook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Causes, Treatments, and Prevention of Eating Disorders, McGraw-Hill/Sourcebooks
Gaudiani, J. L. (2025). Sick Enough: A Guide to Medical Complications of Eating Disorders; Routledge
Jovin, D. (2020). Disjointed Navigating the Diagnosis and Management of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Hidden Stripes Publications Inc
Mehler, P. S., & Andersen, A. E. (2022). Eating Disorders: A Guide to Medical Care and Complications, Johns Hopkins University
Schaefer, J. & Rutledge, T. (2003) Life without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too, McGraw-Hill
Setnick, J. (2025). Pocket Guide to Eating Disorders, 3rd Ed., Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Lectures
Each week, there will be lecture videos for you to watch. These may be a combination of instructor lectures, guest lectures, and other relevant video material. There will be questions from these videos present in the weekly quizzes
Assignments
Each module will include a required quiz and a Recommended Supplemental Assignments (RSA).
Although the Recommended Supplemental Assignments (RSA) will not be graded in this course, they provide valuable opportunities to gain practical skills, and we highly encourage you to complete them. Many of these activities include a reflection component, which studies have shown increases the retention of course material in long-term memory.