Pediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals Course
Confidently give evidence-based nutrition guidance to parents, children, and colleagues. And set your patients up for lifelong good health and habits.
This course is right for you if…
You’ve ever felt unprepared to answer the thousands of questions parents ask about nutrition and you’re ready to:
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Understand the fundamentals of nutrition science including why nutrition is important, fundamentals of nutrition science and guidelines, the connection between food and health, and nutritional requirements — from macro and micronutrients to a positive feeding relationship.
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Become a trusted advisor for parents and children at every stage — from preconception to teenage years.
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Never again feel caught off guard when a parent asks nutrition questions. Confidently provide helpful — potentially life changing — guidance for both parents and children.
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Successfully guide children through sensitive issues. Address pediatric weight concerns without contributing to weight stigma. Offer evidence-based approaches to address picky and selective eating.
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Learn proven techniques for motivating change. Science-backed nutrition advice won’t change families’ lives unless they act on it. With proven techniques and systems in hand, you’ll be able to support more families to take action and create healthy habits.
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Get science-based guidance to combat nutrition misinformation surrounding fad diets, food marketing, and more.
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Have dozens of nutrition charts, handouts, and recipes at your fingertips that you can easily reference and share with patients in the moment.
Nearly 60% of children in the U.S. consume low-quality diets
The costs of poor nutrition are enormous — for both patient health and the medical system. Unhealthy diets account for almost 20% of U.S. health care costs.
A low-quality diet is associated with increase risk of:
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All-cause mortality
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Cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality
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Cancer incidence and mortality
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Type 2 diabetes
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Neurodegenerative disease
Research examining diet quality in children and adolescents is limited.
But associations have been found between high diet quality and:
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Improved nutrient status
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Higher IQ
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Healthier body composition
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Lower risk of metabolic syndrome
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Lower blood pressure
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Lower HbA1c
Your patients rely on you for nutrition guidance. But…
Yet, doctors and dietitians are parents’ and kids’ primary source for nutrition information.
Inaccurate nutrition advice — or a lack of helpful nutrition advice — contributes to major health problems, like:
- Low-quality diets: The first thousand days of life — and all of childhood — are critical for establishing good nutrition habits. Yet, nearly 60% of U.S. children ages 2-19 have low-quality diets.
- Growth issues: According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 144 million children under age 5 are stunted, 47 million are wasted and 38.3 million have overweight or obesity.
- Eating disorders: Eating disorders have the second highest mortality rate of any mental health disorder. 30 million people in the U.S. have an eating disorder. 95% of people with eating disorders are between the ages 12 and 25.
As a health professional, you are one of the best resources to guide your patients in pediatric nutrition.
How do you find accurate, up-to-date, and evidence-based nutrition resources that aren’t like watching paint dry?
Many pediatric nutrition textbooks focus on disease states and medical nutrition therapy. They don’t teach you about preventative nutrition or nutrition to help children and pregnant moms thrive. On top of that, they’re dry and difficult to read.
Online courses can feel like playing the Powerball. Will the course lack key information? Is the format modern and engaging? You likely won’t know until after you’ve made a huge financial investment.
Seminars and conferences can provide helpful insights, but don’t provide a comprehensive approach to understand all of the complexities of pediatric nutrition.
Many CME and CEU resources are often dry, limited in scope, unengaging, and clinically irrelevant.
As a health professional, you know scouring Google and TikTok aren’t great places to find evidence-based nutrition advice, especially in pediatrics.
But where can you turn when even the “professional” resources are inadequate?
Finally, get a modern, evidence-based education in nutrition and help children from preconception to age 18 with
The Pediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals course
“A degree in pediatric nutrition in your pocket.”
This is the most comprehensive, practical, and science-backed course for pediatricians, dietitians, and health professionals who are dedicated to helping their pediatric patients and families thrive.
No magic bullets. No pseudo-science. Just real, evidence-based guidance from board-certified and respected health professionals.
You are the committed, caring, and conscientious health professional your patients need.
How do we know? You’re here reading this page, because you care about your patients.
You know the pediatric nutrition resources available to you are incomplete. You’d like to further your nutrition education with evidence-based and practical guidance. Ultimately, you want to positively impact your patients’ lives and improve their overall health and happiness.
Here’s what the Pediatric Nutrition for
Health Professionals course will give you:
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12 modules of up-to-date, science-backed training, covering everything from guiding parents through picky eating to macro and micronutrients
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35 CMEs or CEUs upon completion of the course that you can apply to your continuing education requirements
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Dozens of quick-reference guides, charts and clinical scenarios to help you give sound guidance on the spot
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Interactive quizzes at the end of each module and a final exam to test your retention of key information
Sign up now and get access to these bonus offers:
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The ability to join Plant-Based Juniors’ national database of health professionals, a place where parents can find practitioners educated on practical, evidence-based nutrition.
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Parent facing handouts that translate the nutrition guidance from the course into consumer friendly recommendations.
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Full color recipe ebook to share with patients
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Downloadable summary at the end of each module to help retain learning and key considerations
The course curriculum
Pediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals contains 12 modules of lessons packed with both written and video content. The course modules are designed to give you deep understanding of the most important aspects of pediatric nutrition and how to effectively and practically help families apply this info and instill healthy nutrition habits:
Meet your instructors
They have decades of professional and real-life
experience and are the creators of nutrition content
that’s guided millions of families around the world.
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Alex Caspero MA, RD
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, co-founder of Plant-Based Juniors and New York Times bestselling chef.
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Reshma Shah MD, MPH
Pediatrician, former affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine and co-author of Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families.
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Whitney English, MS RD
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, co-founder of Plant-Based Juniors and co-author of The Plant-Based Baby + Toddler.
Designed for busy, on-the-go,
“I-barely-had-time-to-eat-lunch”
health professionals
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How do I know the course information is accurate and evidence based?
A 3rd-party board of health professionals — including a doctor and dietitians — reviewed the entire course for scientific accuracy. Citations are used throughout the course to reference the appropriate studies and supporting scientific research. Additionally, the course was created by trained and board-certified professionals — including doctors and Registered Dietitian Nutritionists.
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Does this course count for continuing education?
Yes! This course counts for 35 CEUs or CMEs. It is also eligible for 35 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification program.
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Are there any extra requirements — besides taking the course — to earn CEUs or CMEs?
Yes! There is a final exam, which you must pass to qualify for CEUs or CMEs.
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Can I only access the course for a limited time?
No! When you purchase this course, you get unlimited access to it, as long as it’s hosted online.
Try the course completely risk-free
We get it.
Low-quality courses are common. Many of these courses use misleading marketing tactics to draw in hopeful customers who are stuck footing a bill for disappointing, inadequate content.
We refuse to allow that to happen to you.
That’s why we’re inviting you to buy Pediatric Nutrition for Health Professionals completely risk free.
Take up to 25% of the course, and if you’re not happy with it, get a refund within 14 days of your purchase.
Finally feel confident that you are the best resource for parents’ nutrition questions. And provide the proof to back you up.
Proudly display a certificate of completion on your website and qualify to join the Plant-Based Juniors’ Certified Practitioner Database, a registry for parents who are looking for health professionals highly trained in pediatric nutrition.