2024 Nutrition Care Manual® Update Summary
The Nutrition Care Manual® (NCM®) nutrition care sections and corresponding client education handouts are updated on a rolling basis. The reason behind this approach is to provide the most up to date and evidence-based nutrition information as soon as it is finalized, which positively benefits you and your patients and clients.
We will keep you informed of updated nutrition care sections and corresponding client education handouts and you can also access this year-to-date summary anytime.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The NCM® Diet Manual is updated on an annual basis. That way, you can continue the recommended process for annual diet manual review and implementation at your facility.
Additional Client Education Handout Information
- The redesigned PDF format and Spanish translations for the updated client education handouts, along with Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese translations for most popular client education handouts will be available shortly after each update.
- All NCM® client education handouts reflect inclusive language.
- Access the list of available translations here.
We hope you enjoy these NCM® Updates!
Sincerely,
The NCM® Team
November 13th, 2024
NCM® Nutrition Care Section Clinical Updates
Review updated clinical content featuring comprehensive nutritional management and evidence-based practice recommendations for the following:
Nutrition care sections
- Obesity Medications (New)
Improved NCM® Client Education Handouts
Don’t miss the new and updated NCM® client education handouts:
Cardiovascular
- Heart-Healthy Consistent Carbohydrate Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
- Heart-Healthy Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
- LDL Cholesterol-Lowering Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
Gastrointestinal
- Fructose Malabsorption Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
Nutrient Lists
- High-Calcium Foods List (Updated)
- High-Magnesium Foods List (Updated)
- High-Omega 3 Fatty Acids Foods List (Updated; previously titled Omega-3 Fatty Acids Foods List)
- High-Vitamin B12 Foods List (Updated; previously titled Vitamin B12 Foods List)
- High-Zinc Foods List (Updated; previously titled Zinc Foods List)
Weight Management
NCM® Calculator Updates
A new calculator, EER for Pregnancy or Lactation, is now available. This calculator is based on the 2023 Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy.
NCM® Resources Updates
Now access a new resources for Food Insecurity. This section provides information about food insecurity and how the registered dietitian nutritionist can become engaged in the identification of food insecurity and interventions for food insecurity.
Access information about the Global Malnutrition Composite Score, which is the first nutrition-focused electronic clinical quality measure to be included in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program.
NCM® Diet Manual Updates
NCM® Diet Manual
- Includes information about using diet order frequency reports to evaluate appropriateness of therapeutic diets.
- Based on recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and American Heart Association, cholesterol limitations were omitted from the Heart-Healthy (Cardiac) diet.
The IDDSI level section has been reorganized and streamlined.
- Information about the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) Framework, IDDSI Levels, and Evaluating and Confirming IDDSI Diet Orders is now found on the IDDSI Levels introduction page.
- Combined section now titled Using IDDSI Test Methods and Audit Tools
Retired NCM® Content
Client Education Handouts
Nutrient Lists
- Vitamin K Content of Foods (Access Vitamin K and Medications handout)
- Water Content of Common Foods and Beverages (Access Fluid-Restricted Nutrition Therapy handout)
May 29th, 2024
Introducing NCM® Abbreviated Nutrition Care Sections
We are excited to announce our new abbreviated format for nutrition care sections! The abbreviated nutrition care sections will still provide the evidence-based information you know and love, just in a concise format which allows us to provide more content to you. Check out the new abbreviated nutrition care sections giving you all the must-have, practice-related knowledge you need with content focused on Practice-Related Guidelines, Comparative Standards, Nutrition Diagnosis, and Nutrition Intervention.
NCM® Nutrition Care Section Clinical Updates
Review updated clinical content featuring comprehensive nutritional management and evidence-based practice recommendations for the following:
Nutrition care sections
Acute Kidney Injury (Updated; access under Kidney Disease)
Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 (Updated)
Surgical and Chronic Wounds (Updated)
Abbreviated nutrition care sections
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) (Updated)
Prediabetes (Updated)
Improved NCM® Client Education Handouts
Don’t miss the expanded and updated NCM® client education handouts:
Diabetes
Using Nutrition Labels: Carbohydrate (Updated)
Gastrointestinal
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
Kidney Disease (Previously titled Renal)
Acute Kidney Injury Nutrition Therapy (Updated)
Retired NCM® Content
Nutrition care sections
Kidney Disease
Renal Replacement Therapy
Additional Updates
The Renal nutrition care and client education sections are now titled Kidney Disease.
The Normal Nutrition section is now titled General and Lifecycle and consists of the following topics: Aging and Nutrition; General, Healthful Nutrition; Pregnancy; Breastfeeding and Lactation Support; Transgender Nutrition; Oral Health; and Vegetarian Nutrition.
The Normal Nutrition client education section is now titled General.