2026 Weight Management Virtual Symposium Parts 1 & 2: Insights, Impact, and Implementation

WM 2026 Virtual Symposium: Insights, Impact, and Implementation. February 19 and 26, 2026 noon - 2:30 PM ET. Registration is open!

2026 Weight Management Virtual Symposium Parts 1 & 2: Insights, Impact, and Implementation

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The 2026 WM DPG Virtual Symposium focused on information, insights, and practical action items for weight management practice professionals. Topics included childhood obesity, enhancing GLP-1 patient outcomes, an in-depth practice perspective, sleep and pediatric weight management, and coaching for long-term success, and the use of AI in practice.

Product Publish Details

CPE Level: 1

CPEU: 5.00

Learning Objectives

Session 1: Addressing Childhood Obesity while Preventing Eating Disorders
- List and discuss two risk factors for the development of disordered eating in youth.
- Describe one educational strategy the RDN can use when working with youth with obesity, that is evidence based and non-stigmatizing.
Session 2: The Dietitian's Roadmap: Enhancing Outcomes Through Nutritional Priorities for Patient's Using GLP-1 Medications
- Describe the most common challenges and side effects patients experience when taking GLP-1 medications and provide guidance on nutrition approaches to mitigate these challenges.
- Implement nutrition and lifestyle medicine interventions to support patients' overall weight loss progress and quality of life.
- Apply effective support and behavior modification strategies to guide patients through lifestyle changes.
Session 3: From Provider to Patient and Back
- Synthesize clinical best practices and lived patient experience to inform advanced, patient-centered approaches in bariatric nutrition care.
- Evaluate the impact of personal perspective on counseling strategies, program design, and long-term weight management outcomes.
- Apply evidence-based and experience-driven insights to enhance empathy, engagement, and effectiveness in multidisciplinary weight management settings.
Session 4: Sleep and Pediatric Weight Management – Is There a Relationship and What Can Be Done
- List and discuss the epidemiological evidence linking to sleep metrics to weight outcomes in childhood.
- Incorporate into practice intervention approaches to improve behavioral sleep outcomes in children.
- Describe the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) framework for intervention design in the context of sleep and weight outcomes in childhood.
Session 5: Coaching for Change: Helping Clients Achieve Long-Term Success
- Identify the differences between technical and adaptive challenges in client behavior change and describe how each informs the coaching approach.
- Define five different types of motivation and apply values-based coaching strategies to move clients toward deeper levels of motivation.
- Apply core principles of positive psychology to help facilitate long-term, values-driven behavior change in nutrition counseling sessions.
Session 6: Artificial Intelligence + Wellness: What RDNs Need to Know
- Discuss the synergies between AI and wellness, and determine ways to apply this for their clients.
- Create an action plan on implementing a new AI strategy for clients.
- List the future AI initiatives that they can implement with clients.

Performance Indicators

Session 1: Addressing Childhood Obesity while Preventing Eating Disorders
- 10.1.1, 10.2.2, 10.4.2, 10.6.1
Session 2: The Dietitian's Roadmap: Enhancing Outcomes Through Nutritional Priorities for Patient's Using GLP-1 Medications
- 10.4.4, 11.2.3, 11.4.6
Session 3: From Provider to Patient and Back
- 10.1.1, 10.2.2, 10.4.2, 10.4.4, 11.2.3, 11.4.6
Session 4: Sleep and Pediatric Weight Management – Is There a Relationship and What Can Be Done
- 5.1.2, 10.1.1, 10.4.6, 10.6.2, 11.3.2
Session 5: Coaching for Change: Helping Clients Achieve Long-Term Success
- 9.3.4, 11.3.2, 11.5.1, 11.5.3
Session 6: Artificial Intelligence + Wellness: What RDNs Need to Know
- 6.1.10, 6.2.1, 6.3.5

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