Pediatric Obesity: Evidence-based Interventions that Impact Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors

Expand your knowledge base relative to the use of evidence-based child, adolescent and family obesity interventions.  This webinar is appropriate for those working in diverse sites - school, community or health care.  Join Debra Kibbe in exploring nutrition and physical activity resources and ways to adapt these resources to your setting.  Strategies for health and fitness professionals will be discussed during the webinar. 

Debra Kibbe, MS, since 2011, Debra has been at Georgia State University as a senior research associate in the Georgia Health Policy Center.  Based in Atlanta, Debra is faculty for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ child and adolescent weight management certificate program and a member of the education subcommittee of the Physical Activity Guidelines for American’s Implementation Plan Initiative.  She has coordinated, evaluated and published results from several school, community and health care intervention projects for the prevention of pediatric obesity.

Title:        Pediatric Obesity: Evidence-based Interventions that Impact Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors
Date:         Thursday, May 30, 2013
Time:         12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
CE Credit:  1.0 contact hour, 1.0 CEP, 1.0 CEC (see details below)
The webinar is FREE!

Webinar Objectives - Upon completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

• Describe school-based obesity intervention programs that address physical activity and nutrition
• Explain health care tools to improve pediatric weight management in the clinical setting
• Identify community resources to improve weight, nutritional status and activity level

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Details on CE Credits
To receive a CE certificate, you must individually register online for the the webinar, attend the full program and complete an online evaluation.

Villanova University College of Nursing is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation.

Villanova University College of Nursing / Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider (VN0001) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).

The American College of Sports Medicine's Professional Education Committee certifies that Villanova University College of Nursing Continuing Education / Center for Obesity Prevention and Education (COPE) meets the official criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status from (2012 - 2015). Providership # 698849

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