Thursday, October 15, 2026
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
E2 – Transition Health Education from Weight Stigma to Wellbeing
This presentation outlines the history of unhelpful weight stigmatizing measures used in school health education such as BMI. This outlines for school professionals risk prevention of eating disorders and disordered eating in the school system. The presentation discusses alternative education that can be provided in schools to combat eating disorder development and help build children's mental and physical wellbeing. Topics such as body image, health at every size, emotion regulation, and nutritional education need will be covered as it relates to school staff.
Mental Health & Diagnoses
1 Contact Hour (OCSWMFT)