The go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness
CDR Approved for 20 CPEU for RD/RDNs and DTR/NDTRs.
CBDCE Approved for 20 CEU for CDCESs.
Activity Expiration Date: 1/29/2029
EXAM ONLY. Book not included.
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You will be able to:
Describe the principles of motivational interviewing and how they support client-centered behavior change in nutrition and fitness.
Apply MI strategies to guide clients in setting and achieving sustainable health goals.
The go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness is now in a thoroughly revised second edition with 70% new material.
Easy to incorporate into everyday interactions, MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change.
Extensive sample dialogues illustrate the dos and don'ts of counseling clients about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more.
Supplemental reproducible handouts can be downloaded and printed from the companion website. In addition, instructors who adopt the book for courses receive access to PowerPoint slides, worksheets, and exam questions.
New to This Edition
Chapters on medical nutrition therapy, health coaching, follow-up sessions, and counselor health and boundaries.
Restructured to reflect developments in MI and the authors' training approach; includes new and revised sample dialogues.
Increased attention to weight stigma and social determinants of health, such as racism and unequal access to health care.
Expanded companion website, now including resource links and an online-only chapter, “What to Do When There's Little Time,” in addition to 17 handouts.
30 multiple choice questions.
This is an open-book exam.
Unlimited retakes.
Activity Type: 741 - Prior Approved Enduring Activity
Activity Number: 191440
10.6.2 Applies a variety of counseling theories, psychological methods and strategies that empower clients/patients to make changes.
10.6.3 Applies counseling principles and evidence-based practice when providing individual or group sessions.
10.6.7 Assesses client/patient readiness to change when applying specific counseling strategies.
10.6.8 Develops counseling or coaching goals in collaboration with clients.
10.6.9 Assists with resolution of barriers to achieving goals of counseling and coaching.
10.6.10 Evaluates the effectiveness of counseling or therapy and makes modifications as required.
Clifford, D., & Curtis, L. (2025). Motivational interviewing in nutrition and fitness (2nd ed.). The Guilford Press.