Educational Opportunities

This course includes: 

• Video presentation by a leading expert
• Pre and Post exams to measure your understanding
• CME and MOC claiming online

David Klurfeld, PhD 

David Klurfeld has been National Program Leader for Human Nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 2004. He is responsible for the scientific direction of the intramural human nutrition research conducted by USDA laboratories. Prior to government service, he was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition & Food Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan for 12 years. Before that he was on the faculty of The Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine for 15 years. He is a member of National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council. He was Associate Editor of the American Journal for Clinical Nutrition from 2007-2019. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition in 2018 and received the 2019 Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Oil Chemists Society. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:

• Recognize limitations of current methods used for assessment of food intake and physical activity.
• Describe technological advances under development and their potential to improve accuracy of quantitation of food intake and physical activity.
• Identify implementation issues relevant to automated data collection that must be addressed such as informed consent, privacy, data transmission, storage, and analysis.

MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. 

Your participation information will be shared with the ACCME, which will in turn report your points to ABIM. Successful completion of a course examination is required to earn ABIM MOC points.

ACCREDITATION AND DESIGNATION STATEMENTS

The American College of Endocrinology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Endocrinology designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.