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Health and mental health professionals in a wide range of settings encounter weight management issues and more serious eating disorders. Get an introduction to intervention strategies that emphasize a weight-inclusive approach that prioritizes well-being and social determinants of health over body weight. Examine applications in medical and therapeutic settings, with special attention the needs of adolescents. You critically examine a weight-normative approach that emphasizes reaching the ideal weight as a requirement for health. The instructor uses case studies, and introduces you to a range of evidence-based approaches to prevention, early detection and treatment of eating disorders.
Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of this workshop, you should be able to:
- Define both the weight-inclusive approach and weight-normative approaches
- Describe the limitations and risks of the weight-normative model, especially with children and adolescents
- Identify evidence-based, health-promoting behaviors that go beyond a focus on weight
- Define risk factors for developing an eating disorder, especially with children and adolescents
- Describe how the weight-inclusive approach supports both prevention and recovery from an eating disorder