Ultimate 1-day Weight Loss/Weight Management BootCamp

Course Description:

  • This workshop provides a comprehensive approach to understanding nutrition and how to successfully lose weight and/or manage weight loss. Today, approximately 8 out of every 10 Americans are overweight and/or obese. Childhood obesity is growing at epidemic rates. Obesity contributes to 80% of the cases of type 2 diabetes and 70% of those related to heart disease. This course is designed to provide the tools necessary to setup a weight loss/weight management program for patient care or to use the information for achieving individual weight loss/weight management goals. The weight management bootcamp course offers a step-by-step approach to understanding how to achieve weight loss and maintain weight loss successfully. Additionally, specific recommendations for those with diabetes, heart disease and/or other metabolic disease states will be covered. Participants will not only learn how to establish a weight loss program but will learn how to setup an exercise program to meet current exercise guidelines.
  • The course provides 8 hours continuing education credit. The live online course provides 6 credit hours and comes with the 2 hour home study webinar course Artificial Sweeteners & Genetically Modified Foods. Information for connecting to the webinars will be sent upon registration.
  • Pharmacist information: ACPE Pharmacists: 0826-9999-13-032-L01-P & 0826-9999-13-032-L01-T, IRD 8-26-13. Artificial Sweeteners & Genetically Modified Foods 0826-9999-13-033-H01-P & 0826-9999-13-033-H01-T, IRD 8-2-13, ERD: 8-2-16. Knowledge based activity.

Course Objectives :

  • Design a weight loss/weight management program to improve health and reduce the risk of disease.
  • Design an exercise/fitness program to promote cardiovascular fitness, increase metabolism and boost energy levels.
  • Discuss dietary recommendations for high risk patients - e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc.
  • Review current recommendations for combating childhood and adolescent obesity.
  • Discuss pharmacologic and surgical options in the treatment of obesity.
  • Discuss the relationship between genes, the environment, and weight status.
  • Discuss the role of hormones and neurotransmitters (e.g dopamine) in the regulation of appetite, satiety and metabolism.

Credit Hours: 8 (6 live hours, 2 home study hours)

Certificate Requirements:

  • Full attendance required.
  • Completion of course post-test (70%) and course evaluation.

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