Nutrition and Physical Activity: General Population

Publication Date: March 9, 2023
Last Updated: March 16, 2023

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

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Publication Month/Year

March 9, 2023

Last Updated Month/Year

October 31, 2024

Document Type

Guideline

Country of Publication

US

Document Objectives

To inform practice decisions for nutrition and exercise practitioners who provide nutrition and physical activity interventions for adults (≥18 years of age) who are healthy or have cardiometabolic risk factors, such as overweight (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 or as defined for the specific population), pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension. 

Target Patient Population

Healthy adults, adults with cardiometabolic risk factors

Target Provider Population

Practitioners who provide nutrition and physical activity interventions

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

Supplemental Methodology Resources

Data Supplement, Systematic Review Document