Are We Aiming High Enough? Part Two: Goal Weight Setting for Adults
Pricing
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Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify at least two limitations of commonly used methods of target weight goal setting in adults.
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Describe the importance of weight restoration in reversing weight suppression and supporting cognitive recovery in adult patients with eating disorders.
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Summarize why we need a new method of target weight goal setting and challenge common fears and misconceptions about higher goal weights.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to increase understanding of recovery goal weight setting.
Description
Weight restoration is an essential component of eating disorder recovery. However, there is no consensus on how to set recovery weights, especially in adults. There is a robust literature on the harms of weight suppression in clients with eating disorders, and the benefits of reversing this suppression in supporting recovery. Weight stigma in providers and clients often produces trepidation in setting goal weights that are truly consistent with someone’s pre-eating disorder historical weight trajectory, even when it is clear that they were healthier in a larger body than they are after weight loss. Using methods that keep our clients weight suppressed, fail to reverse hormonal shutdown, or do not allow enough weight for cognitive recovery may keep people entering eating disorder treatment in a state of chronic illness and/or vulnerable to relapse. It is imperative to consider goal weights consistent with a true recovery, even when they need to be higher to achieve this. This discussion will review the historical methods of goal weight setting in adults, why we need a new method, and how to challenge weight stigma in patients and other providers when restoring clients to higher weights.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Dietitian
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
Presenters
Dr. Rebecka Peebles is the Vice President of Adolescent Medicine at Monte Nido. She joined after 13 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, specializing in adolescent and young adult medicine.
Dr. Peebles is board-certified in pediatrics and further specialty certified in adolescent and young adult medicine, and served as the Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at CHOP, which she co-founded in 2011. Her research has been funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association and has focused on medical evaluation, bone health, and biobehavioral links in youth with eating disorders.
She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with her MD in 1996, completed her pediatrics residency at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital in Ohio in 1999, and her adolescent medicine fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2003.
Nathalia Trees is a certified eating disorder Registered Dietitian and consultant specializing in the treatment of adults and adolescents with eating disorders. She was granted a Bachelor of Science from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in clinical nutrition from Tufts University. She completed her dietetics internship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. Nathalia’s experience spans over 13 years in medical nutrition therapy, nutrition education, public speaking, and eating disorder related research.
Her passion is advocacy, training, and education for current and future dietitians and helping individuals rebuild their relationship with food. Nathalia’s approach focuses on non-diet centered, weight inclusive, and compassionate care. Nathalia’s leadership style focuses on community, connection, and striving for clinical excellence in the field of eating disorders.
Outside of work, Nathalia enjoys traveling, embracing new cultures and cuisines, and spending time with her family and Bernese Mountain dog.
Financially Sponsored By
- Monte Nido