Planting Healthy Seeds:
The Impact of Childhood Obesity
Agenda:
6p - 6:20p Registration/Vendor Displays
6:20 - 6:25p Welcome - Sue Ehinger, Chief Experience Officer, Parkview Health
6:25 - 7:05p What Can NE Indiana Do About Childhood Obesity?
Dr. William Dietz, Chair, Redstone Global Center fro Prevention and Wellness, George Washington University
7:05 - 7:35p Pediatric Obesity: Practical Approaches to LIfe Change
Ryan Singerman, DO, medical director, PPG - Weight Management & Bariatric Surgery and PPG - Family Medicine
7:35 - 7:50p Break/Vendor Display/Snack - Health & Well Being Video
7:50 - 8 :20p Childhood Obesity - What Can We Change and What We Can't
Anna Menze, DO, MPH, Fort Wayne Medical Education Program Resident
What's a Clinician to do About Childhood Obesity?
Dr. William Dietz
Objectives:
At the conclusion of this event participants should be able to:
1. Initiate conversation of pediatric obesity in our region due to the increase of obesity, the stigma and the complexity.
2. Identify ways to stimulate positive behavior changes
3. Discuss social determinants of health issues in relation to pediatric obesity
Continuing Education Credit:
The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program is accredited by the Indiana State Medical Association to provide continuing medicla education for physicians
The Fort Wayne Medical Education Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their pariticpation in the activity.