Neither Feast nor Famine: Weight-Inclusive Approaches to Counseling Youth with Higher BMIs

A joint North American Society for Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) and SAHM webinar

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Youth who present for reproductive health care often are at risk for elements of metabolic syndrome and/or have higher BMIs. Providers often struggle with how to best counsel them about lifestyle modification without triggering poor body image or disordered eating behaviors. In this webinar, an adolescent medicine physician and a pediatric endocrinologist team up to present a weight-inclusive clinical approach that encourages beneficial behavioral changes without perpetuating weight stigma or disordered eating.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Risk-stratify youth with higher BMIs using relevant cardiometabolic targets.
2. Provide effective nutrition and physical activity counseling for youth with higher BMIs with a goal of cardiometabolic benefit rather than weight loss.
3. Identify and address barriers to sustainable and supported lifestyle modification in youth with cardiometabolic morbidity.
4. Increase comfort in ways to present discussions of BMI and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents

Speakers:

Maya M. Kumar, MD, FAAP, FRCPC Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

Lauren Kanner, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Endocrinology University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

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