Last updated March 16, 2023

Nutrition and Physical Activity: General Population

Nutrition Intervention

NPA-GP: Healthy Adults

Nutrition and exercise practitioners should provide individualized nutrition and physical activity interventions to healthy adults (those without cardiometabolic risk factors or disease), within their professional scopes of practice, and refer to practitioners with necessary specializations when appropriate for or desired by each client to improve dietary intake and physical activity behaviors. (I, 1B )
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NPA-GP: Adults with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

Nutrition and exercise practitioners should provide individualized nutrition and physical activity interventions to adults with cardiometabolic risk factors, within their professional scopes of practice, and refer to practitioners with necessary specializations when appropriate for or desired by each client to improve cardiometabolic risk factors. (I, 1B )
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Overview

Title

Nutrition and Physical Activity: General Population

Authoring Organization

Publication Month/Year

March 10, 2023

Supplemental Implementation Tools

Quick-Reference Guide

Document Type

Guideline

Country of Publication

US

Target Patient Population

Healthy adults, adults with cardiometabolic risk factors

Target Provider Population

Nutrition and exercise practitioners

Inclusion Criteria

Male, Female, Adult, Older adult

Health Care Settings

Ambulatory

Intended Users

Athletics coaching, dietician nutritionist, nurse, nurse practitioner, physical therapist, physician, physician assistant

Scope

Counseling

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D008659 - Metabolic Diseases, D004032 - Diet, D000083202 - Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, D015444 - Exercise

Keywords

nutrition, exercise, physical activity, cardiometabolic risk factors, healthy adult

Source Citation

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library NPA-GP Workgroup (2023) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline, Chicago, IL. To view the entire NPA-GP 2023 Guideline, including introduction scope, harms/benefit and supporting evidence, visit www.andeal.org/npa