Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures: Tackling Childhood Obesity

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Healthy kids today. Healthier futures tomorrow. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow, thrive, and reach their healthiest potential. With 1 in 5 U.S. children affected by obesity, this growing health challenge can have lasting impacts on physical health, emotional well-being, and quality of life. Join us for an engaging and informative session that explores evidence-based strategies for prevention and intervention, empowering healthcare professionals to support children and families through effective screening, assessment, family-centered counseling, and community-based resources. Together, we can create healthier children, stronger communities, and brighter futures.

Target Audience

Registered nurses and other interested healthcare professionals

Objectives

1. Describe the prevalence, health consequences, disparities, and contributing factors associated with childhood obesity.

2. Identify evidence-based approaches for screening, assessing, preventing, and managing childhood obesity.

3. Examine family-centered, culturally responsive counseling strategies and community-based resources that support healthy lifestyle behaviors in children and families.

Participants can earn 2.0 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development credit. Each nursing participant must be present for the entire session and complete a session evaluation to receive credit.

Presenter

Shelly D. Dolan, DNP, RN

Location

Accessible via Zoom.

Disclosures

No relevant financial relationships were identified for any individual who can control this activity’s content. The presenter and activity planners for this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.