February 9, 2017
RECORDED WEBINAR
EPIC® Pediatric Obesity: Evaluation, Treatment and Prevention in Community Settings
“Update on Pediatric Overweight and Obesity”​

• Expert Physician and Registered Dietitian team offer latest evidence-based findings on what to do today to prevent and treat overweight and obesity and promote wellness
• Current science and clinical implications for practices regarding food, diet, beverages, sugar, sleep, mental health, screen time, activity, food insecurity, outdoor activity, and motivational interviewing

Presenters:

• Jennifer Franceschelli Hosterman, DO (Associate Physician, Nutrition and Weight Management at Geisinger Medical Center; Chair, Nutrition PA AAP; Director, Nutrition and Weight Management Fellowship; Medical Director, Camp Energy
• ​Allison Lamma, RDN, CSP, LDN (Clinical dietitian, Nemours Cardiac Center, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children)

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Nov 15, 2018
​RECORDED WEBINAR
"Let's Talk: Evidence-informed Methods for Effectively Introducing New Foods" 
Presenter:

• Dina Rose, PhD is a sociologist, parent educator and feeding expert empowering parents to raise kids who eat right.

Objectives — At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:
1. Identify why and how children develop the habit of refusing new foods;
2. Report how parents can lay the foundation for variety using the foods children already eat; and
3. Describe sensory education and how to employ it to turn children into adventurous explorers.

Aug 08, 2018
RECORDED WEBINAR
"Let's Talk: Motivational Interviewing"
Presenter: 

• Prantik Saha, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Medical Center

1) To understand the importance of MI in effectively assisting and promoting behavior change
2) To be able to identify the specific skills that are essential for motivational interviewing
3) To understand the relevance of staff wide training and office culture change in the development of an effective environment that promotes behavior change. 

Feb 21, 2018
RECORDED WEBINAR
"Lets Talk: Promoting Physical Activity for your Patients with Overweight and Obesity"
Presenter:

• Sandra G. Hassink, MD, FAAP, is the director of the Nemours Obesity Initiative at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont
  Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, and associate professor of pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University
  Medical School in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Hassink served as president of the American Academy of Pediatrics in
  2015.

Objectives — At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:
1. State two physiologic and psychological factors impacting physical activity in a child with obesity
2. State two key considerations in assessing a child with obesity for participation in physical activity
3. State two ways to help a child with obesity and their family make a physical activity plan

Jan 16, 2018
RECORDED WEBINAR
"Let's Talk: Weight Bias, Stigmatization and Mental Health Issues Related to Pediatric Overweight and Obesity"
Presenter:

• Justin Schreiber, DO, MPH, FAAP Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC, Presbyterian-Shadyside, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC; Board Member, PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics

Objectives:

1. Assess your clinical environment and practice for unintentional weight bias or stigmatization
2. Key implications of the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement, “Stigma Experienced by Children and Adolescents With Obesity” (Pediatrics. 2017)
3. Dr. Schreiber will discuss mental health issues of patients with overweight and obesity and their families