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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

Release Date: February 19, 2026

SKU: LOWM26VS1125

CPE Level: 2

CPEU: 6.00

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

Aida Miles, EdD, MMsc, RDN, CSP, LD, FAND

Aida Miles, EdD, MMsc, RDN, LD, FAND

Speaker Session 1: Addressing Childhood Obesity while Preventing Eating Disorders

Laurie McBride, MS, RD, CSOWM, NBC-HWC, LD

Laurie McBride, MS, RD, CSOWM, NBC-HWC, LD

Speaker Session 2: The Dietitian's Roadmap: Enhancing Outcomes Through Nutritional Priorities for Patient's Using GLP-1 Medications

Danielle Kronmueller, DHSca, RDN, LDN

Danielle Kronmueller, DHSca, RDN, LDN

Speaker Session 3: From Provider to Patient and Back

Jonathan Mitchell, PhD, MSc

Jonathan Mitchell, PhD, MSc

Speaker Session 4: Sleep and Pediatric Weight Management - Is There a Relationship and What Can Be Done

Rebecca Schubert, MS, RDN, NBC-HWC

Rebecca Schubert, MS, RDN, NBC-HWC

Speaker Session 5: Coaching for Change: Helping Clients Achieve Long-Term Success

Beryl Krinsky, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN

Beryl Krinsky, MBA, MS, RDN, LDN

Speaker Session 6: Artificial Intelligence + Wellness: What RDNs Need to Know

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