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Nutritional Priorities for GLP-1 Therapy: A Guide for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists

Becky Dorner

August 18, 2025

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The use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and related combination medications (referred to as GLP-1 medications) has surged in recent years as a powerful tool for obesity treatment. These medications, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, have demonstrated remarkable results in clinical trials, often leading to astounding levels…

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The Great BMI Debate

One of my RDNs posed this question recently related to BMI levels for older adults: I’ve been seeing transfer notes from the hospital and other nursing homes with diet/nutrition histories…

The Great BMI Debate

One of my RDNs posed this question recently related to BMI levels for older adults: I’ve been seeing transfer notes from the…

Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease

Most of us can say that our lives have been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia in some way, and with the aging of America, the number of people affected…

Nutrition for Alzheimer’s Disease

Most of us can say that our lives have been touched by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia in some way, and with the…

Making a Difference: Kathy Warwick, RDN, LDN, CDE, January 2016

What is your Mission/Vision? By 2030, 1 out of 5 Americans will be over the age of 65, and 1 out of 4 of these older adults will have diabetes.…

Making a Difference: Kathy Warwick, RDN, LDN, CDE, January 2016

What is your Mission/Vision? By 2030, 1 out of 5 Americans will be over the age of 65, and 1 out of…

Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Guest blogger: Mary Litchford PHD, RDN, LDN Myth # 1: I’m too busy to learn how to do Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment (NFPA). Keeping clinical skills consistent with current standards…

Shattering 7 Myths about Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment

Guest blogger: Mary Litchford PHD, RDN, LDN Myth # 1: I’m too busy to learn how to do Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment…

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

Guest blogger: Kathy Warwick, RD, CDE There is a big gray wave on the horizon and we need to prepare for the aging population. By the year 2030, one in…

Meeting the Challenge: Diabetes Management Strategies for an Aging Population

Guest blogger: Kathy Warwick, RD, CDE There is a big gray wave on the horizon and we need to prepare for the…

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

Guest Blogger: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND, Co-Chair Nutrition Guidelines Small Work Group In 2009, after a four year collaboration with the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP),…

How Will the 2014 NPUAP/EPUAP/PPPIA Nutrition Guidelines for Pressure Ulcers Impact Your Practice?

Guest Blogger: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND, Co-Chair Nutrition Guidelines Small Work Group In 2009, after a four year collaboration…

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Author(s): Becky Dorner, RDN, LD, FAND In the older adult population, the consequences of malnutrition can have a major impact on health, such as unintended weight loss, sarcopenia, frailty, and…

Advancing Nutritional Care for Older Adults

Author(s): Becky Dorner, RDN, LD, FAND In the older adult population, the consequences of malnutrition can have a major impact on health,…

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Health care professionals who care for older adults can help prevent and treat Sarcopenia. Approximately 45% of the older adults in the U.S. are affected by sarcopenia, the progressive loss…

Keeping Seniors Fit: How Health Care Professionals Can Assist Older Adults to Avoid Sarcopenia

Health care professionals who care for older adults can help prevent and treat Sarcopenia. Approximately 45% of the older adults in the…

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

Health care communities are making person-centered dining programs the center of attraction! Nursing homes and assisted living facilities alike are embracing the concept of changing their internal culture from…

Dining Takes Center Stage in Health Care Communities

Health care communities are making person-centered dining programs the center of attraction! Nursing homes and assisted living facilities alike are embracing…

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

It’s been a while since I last blogged about our efforts to assist the hospital in Port au Prince Haiti. The nurse we were working with has moved back to…

RDs Making a Difference in Haiti (Part 2)

It’s been a while since I last blogged about our efforts to assist the hospital in Port au Prince Haiti. The nurse…

Disaster Planning

Picture this: Disaster strikes… Your pre-prepared emergency plan is in place, your staff has been trained. But when the time comes the plan falls apart because emergency services can’t get…

Disaster Planning

Picture this: Disaster strikes… Your pre-prepared emergency plan is in place, your staff has been trained. But when the time comes the…

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

Despite the fact that it has been more than a year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people there are still in desperate need of help. It’s amazing to realize…

RDs Making a Difference: Nutrition Help for Haiti Hospital Patients

Despite the fact that it has been more than a year after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, people there are still in…

Praise for Becky Dorner & Associates

The case studies are very reflective of actual day-to-day work in facilities. Coding Section K correctly requires thorough understanding of MDS-mandated interpretation of nutrition related events. This course provides opportunity for practice at the “nitty-gritty” level!

Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 RAI Manual v1.17 Course
Jane Bennett, MS, RDN, LD

The self study course and required reading are an excellent publication that include thought-provoking case studies to be applied to the nutrition continuum.

A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Nutrition Care – 20 CPE Self-Study Course
Katy Adams, RD, MDA, CSG, LD

This course requires the reader to learn the basics of all types of diabetes in a case-based format which encourages more critical thinking skills that are necessary in diabetes care.

Mastering Diabetes Management in Primary Care: Case Based Insights Course
Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RDN, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES

What a fantastic resource! Complementary health is growing in popularity in the diabetes space and so up-to-date education and research on this topic is essential for dietitians and diabetes educators. I would highly recommend this as a worthwhile CPE program.

Complementary Health Approaches and Diabetes Treatment Self-Study Course
Casey Seiden, MS, RD, CDCES

This course is excellent and well written. It would be advantageous to read prior to taking the Nutrition Wound Care Certification. It is also a must for any RDN who is part of a wound care team or provides nutritional interventions for…

Nutrition Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries 2023 Course
Anna de Jesus, MBA, RDN

Time-restricted eating and the variations of this eating pattern is a very timely topic and more research is being completed to see how this may influence chronic disease and weight loss. This course provides an evidence-based overview of the topic and then…

Time-Restricted Eating, Energy Intake, and Dietary Quality Self-Study course
Stacey Phillips, MS, RD

This makes an excellent CPE program! If a clinician learns everything in this program, I could consider them educated in the top 99% of all RDNs for the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries.

Nutrition Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries 2023 Course
Sue Linja, RDN. LD

Registered dietitian nutritionists will find this course invaluable in helping their patients make well informed decisions in today’s movement toward using complementary medicine. A timely topic that includes a well-organized resource of evidence based-information on supplement use, mechanism of action, adverse effects,…

Complementary Health Approaches and Diabetes Treatment Self-Study Course
Lisa Brown, RDN, LD, CDCES

NAFLD is on the rise and healthcare professionals are likely to come across patients with metabolic syndrome and this condition. Learning about its causes and treatment options through this CPE program and required reading will equip you for speaking about it further…

A Review of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Short Course
Casey Seiden, MS, RD, CDCES

This CPE program covers the MOST important aspect of our clinical and professional practice skills that every nutrition professional should consider obtaining.

Developing Coaching Skills: A Concise Introduction
Amy Fischl, MS, RDN, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES