Advanced Childhood Obesity Management for the Community Practitioner
JUNE 28, 2025 | 8am-3PM | Cincinnati Children’s
Childhood obesity continues to be the most common childhood and adolescent problem in the Cincinnati area. The AAP now recommends that community practitioners take a more aggressive approach to treatment which includes lifestyle management, using anti-obesity medications, and referring to bariatric programs. With this in mind, our teaching conference will help community practitioners develop the skill set to offer this advanced obesity care from the office setting. The conference will feature short didactic sessions that address the medical treatment of obesity, its co-morbidities, and lifestyle management by CCHMC experts. Additionally, there will be a small group sessions and individual cases will be addressed. Please come with cases from your practice to discuss!
About the Cincinnati Children’s HealthWorks! Program
HealthWorks! is part of the Center for Better Health and Nutrition (CBHN), a national role model in combating childhood obesity that treats more than 900 patients annually. HealthWorks! promotes healthier eating habits and increased physical activity. The program is designed to meet the needs of our patients and their families by helping them set realistic, achievable goals.
HealthWorks! program methods include:
An evaluation by our multidisciplinary clinical team, which may include a physician, nurse, nurse practitioner, registered dietitian and an exercise specialist
Nutrition counseling to establish a healthy eating pattern:
Meal plans that are tailored to food preferences of child or teen
Meal portions that meet energy needs of the child or teen
Promotion of a physically active and fun lifestyle
Family-centered, behavioral approach
Group exercise sessions offered three evenings a week at Burnet Campus (main hospital location)
Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians: This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Nurses: This activity is approved for continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
ABP MOC Part 2: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.
Promotional & Exhibit Opportunities
If you are interested in promotional or exhibit opportunities at this conference, please contact:
Silia Creech silia.creech@cchmc.org
Agenda
8:00-8:10am | Welcome & Breakfast
8:10-8:35am | Presenter TBD The Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline Enters Toddlerhood: Eighteen Months of Lessons Learned
8:35-9:00am | Presenter TBD Bariatric Surgery: What Pediatric Providers Need to Know
9:00-9:25am | Presenter TBD Screening and Management of Hypertension and Lipid Abnormalities
9:25-9:50am | Presenter TBD Pre-diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Tips and Tricks for the Pediatrician
9:50-10:15am | Presenter TBD Diagnosing and Treating Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
10:15-10:30am | Coffee Break | Networking & Exhibits
10:30 - 10:50am | Presenter TBD Healthy Nutrition Guidelines and Nutrition Counseling for Children and Adolescents with Overweight and Obesity
10:50 - 11:10am | Presenter TBD Promoting Exercise and Physical Activity
11:10-11:35am | Presenter TBD Pharmacotherapy in Treating Pediatric Obesity
11:35-12:00pm | Presenter TBD Considerations for Disordered Eating Among Pediatric Patients Pursuing Pharmacotherapy Treatment and Obesity
12:00-12:30pm | Lunch and Networking
12:30-1:00pm | Sponsor Demonstration
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