Food Insecurity and the Nutrition Care Process: Practical Applications for Dietetics Practitioners.

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Information The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published. Food insecurity, defined as a household condition involving the “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways,” 1 Bickel G. Nord M. Price C. Hamilton W. Cook J. Guide To Measuring Household Food Security, Revised 2000. US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Alexandria, VA2000 Google Scholar affects one out of eight US households 2 Coleman-Jensen A, Rabbitt MP, Gregory CA, Singh A. Household Food Security in the United States in 2015. US Dept of Agriculture; 2016. Economic Research Report 215. Google Scholar and exists in every county across the nation. 3 Gunderson C. Dewey A. Crumbaugh A.S. et al. Map the Meal Gap 2016. Feeding America, Chicago, IL2016 Google Scholar Nutrition and dietetics practitioners working in clinical as well as community settings will likely encounter clients affected by food insecurity during their career. The Nutrition Care Process (NCP) is a systematic problem-solving method to guide critical thinking and evidence-based decision making for addressing nutrition-related problems experienced by individuals, groups, and communities, including food insecurity. 4 Swan W.I. Vivanti A. Hakel-Smith N.A. et al. Nutrition Care Process and Model update: Toward realizing people-centered care and outcomes management. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017; 117: 2003-2014 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (135) Google Scholar Beginning with an overview of food insecurity, including its nutrition implications and screening options for at-risk populations, this article describes how nutrition and dietetics practitioners can use food insecurity-informed critical thinking skills during each step of the NCP. Two case examples of nutrition and dietetics practitioners implementing these considerations in their daily practice with individuals and communities are presented to illustrate these applications, followed by dietetics-oriented action items to support the delivery of food insecurity-informed nutrition care. The Continuing Professional Education (CPE) quiz for this article is available for free to Academy members through the MyCDRGo app (available for iOS and Android devices) and through www.jandonline.org (click on “CPE” in the menu and then “Academy Journal CPE Articles”). Log in with your Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or Commission on Dietetic Registration username and password, click “Journal Article Quiz” on the next page, then click the “Additional Journal CPE quizzes” button to view a list of available quizzes. Non-members may take CPE quizzes by sending a request to [email protected] There is a fee of $45 per quiz (includes quiz and copy of article) for non-member Journal CPE. CPE quizzes are valid for 1 year after the issue date in which the articles are published.