EBN study guide
EBN · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The EBN (Evidence-Based Nutrition) certification is a professional credential for nutrition and dietetics practitioners who want to demonstrate that their practice rests on critical appraisal of research rather than on tradition, anecdote, or marketing. Candidates are typically dietitians, nutritionists, clinical researchers, public health staff, and educators who already hold foundational nutrition training and now need to show they can locate, grade, and apply evidence to real patient and population questions. The EBN study guide has 7 sections and about 2,931 words.
01Evidence-Based Practice and Research Methodology
Domain 1 asks you to turn a clinical uncertainty into an answerable question, find the best available evidence, judge its trustworthiness, and apply it to one patient. Expect items on study design, bias, effect measures, and the difference between statistical and clinical significance.
415 words, about 2 min02Nutrition Science Fundamentals
Domain 2 tests the biochemistry and physiology underneath every recommendation: energy-yielding nutrients, requirement frameworks, bioavailability, and energy expenditure. Atwater factors: carbohydrate 4 kcal/g, protein 4, fat 9, alcohol 7.
438 words, about 2 min03Assessment and Nutrition Diagnosis
Domain 3 tests whether you can gather valid data and convert it into a correctly written nutrition diagnosis - the step most often done sloppily and most often tested. The Nutrition Care Process collects five: food and nutrition history, anthropometric measurements, biochemical data/tests/procedures, nutrition-focused physical findings, and client history (the older ABCD mnemonic: anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, dietary).
446 words, about 2 min04Intervention and Nutrition Care Planning
Domain 3's output becomes Domain 4's plan: selecting interventions, setting goals, and delivering nutrition safely. The NCP groups interventions as food and/or nutrient delivery, nutrition education, nutrition counselling, and coordination of nutrition care.
393 words, about 2 min05Monitoring, Evaluation, and Outcomes
Domain 5 covers monitoring and evaluation - the step that turns a plan into documented outcomes and, when done well, into quality improvement. Monitoring is the ongoing, scheduled collection of indicators during care; evaluation is comparing those data against criteria at a defined point and judging progress.
390 words, about 2 min06Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
Domain 6 tests medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for the conditions that fill most caseloads: type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia, obesity, chronic kidney disease, and bone health. MNT lowers HbA1c by roughly 1% in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
432 words, about 2 min07Professional Practice, Ethics, and Communication
Domain 7 tests the professional and interpersonal layer: ethics, consent, scope of practice, communication, and documentation. Autonomy (the patient's informed choice governs), beneficence, non-maleficence, justice (fair access and equitable treatment), veracity, and confidentiality.
417 words, about 2 min