Table 4.

Five components of evidence-based nutrition guidelines produced by the Evidence Analysis Library, academy of nutrition and dietetics

Executive summary	Includes a list of all the recommendations and evidence ratings within a guideline
Introduction	Describes the topic overview, development and any approved external guidelines
Scope	Provides the purpose, guideline category, clinical specialties, intended users, objectives, target population, interventions and practices considered. The scope encompasses important technical subsections, and these are: a statement of intent, general and specific methods with links to systematic review search plans and respective results. Search plans provide dates of literature searches, inclusion and exclusion criteria, search terms, databases searched and lists of included and excluded articles
Major recommendations	Includes a list of recommendation topics organised by the Nutrition Care Process. Recommendations describe the rationale, risks and harms of implementing the recommendation, conditions of application and recommendation strength rationale
Dissemination and implementation	Provides an updated list of resources and events from the project including published manuscripts, webinar series, national and local events, education resources for use in the education and training of dietetic interns and students, speakers guide (ready-to-use slide decks ideal for in-service trainings and professional meeting presentations), information about implementation activities such as studies, and patient resources when applicable