It's About Community

Inclusive Diabetes Care

02 March, 2021

Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash It’s About Community Creating connections, deepening insight, enhancing learning, and connecting with other compassionate weight inclusive professionals need certain conditions. At the WN4DC Symposium, we believe feeling safe is essential. This is why we...

Coming Alongside Our Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma, Weight Stigma, Diabetes Distress, or Racial Oppression

Inclusive Diabetes Care

02 March, 2021

Coming Alongside Our Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma, Weight Stigma, Diabetes Distress, or Racial Oppression How can we, as professionals who work in diabetes care, come alongside our clients that are dealing with difficult stuff? Our sessions don't allow us to make the suffering of the...

Is your client’s fear of food, carbs and eating normal…or disordered eating?

Inclusive Diabetes Care

16 February, 2021

Is your client’s fear of food, carbs and eating normal…or disordered eating? How does weight bias influence our recognition of eating disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes? How can we support our patients with a thorough, affirming, weight-neutral assessment? In her talk, “Clearing the...

The Risk of Developing an Eating Disorder Knows No Age Limits

Inclusive Diabetes Care

16 February, 2021

How can you identify disordered eating and eating disorders in older adults with diabetes and help them create positive self-care changes? In her talk,“Identifying Disordered Eating in the Older Adult,” Rebecca Scritchfield, RDN, will discuss how to provide diabetes and eating disorder care in...

What is The Best Way to Talk with Clients About Diabetes and Diet Culture?

Inclusive Diabetes Care

11 February, 2021

What is The Best Way to Talk with Clients About Diabetes and Diet Culture? A conversation with Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDCES, co-founder of The Center for Mindful Eating, co-founder of WN4DC Symposium, and author of five mindful eating books. Q: What is the best way to talk to our...

Not sure how to talk to your clients about their relationship with movement?

Inclusive Diabetes Care

09 February, 2021

Not sure how to talk to your clients about their relationship with movement? We know that physical activity is an important part of diabetes care, but how can you create a healthy, easy relationship with movement in a world that encourages that relationship to be unhealthy and difficult? In her...

Worried that your clients with gestational diabetes might fall victim to diet culture?

Inclusive Diabetes Care

09 February, 2021

Worried that your clients with gestational diabetes might fall victim to diet culture? Registered dietitians have skills to help their clients foster healthy relationships with food and body. You might be wondering how you can specifically leverage those skills when working with clients who have...

Understanding how diet-culture impacts nutrition and healthcare

Inclusive Diabetes Care

09 February, 2021

Understanding how diet-culture impacts nutrition and healthcare It is easy to say, "I understand how diet-culture impacts nutrition and healthcare." Yet, finding an objective way to measure your understanding is difficult. This void is why in 2018, a group of HAES professionals created the...

Helping bariatric surgery patients embrace a weight neutral approach to diabetes care

Inclusive Diabetes Care

09 February, 2021

Helping bariatric surgery patients embrace a weight neutral approach to diabetes care It might seem challenging to apply Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size (HAES) principles in bariatric surgery patients who have extensive histories of disordered eating and possible disconnection with...

How can you help your clients embrace “normal eating”?

09 February, 2021

How can you help your clients embrace “normal eating”? In a culture full of dieting messages, rules and pseudo nutrition science, how can we normalize eating for patients with diabetes? How can you help your clients understand that eating and being hungry is a normal experience? In her talk...

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It's About Community

Coming Alongside Our Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma, Weight Stigma, Diabetes Distress, or Racial Oppression

Is your client’s fear of food, carbs and eating normal…or disordered eating?

The Risk of Developing an Eating Disorder Knows No Age Limits

What is The Best Way to Talk with Clients About Diabetes and Diet Culture?

Not sure how to talk to your clients about their relationship with movement?

Worried that your clients with gestational diabetes might fall victim to diet culture?

Understanding how diet-culture impacts nutrition and healthcare

Helping bariatric surgery patients embrace a weight neutral approach to diabetes care

How can you help your clients embrace “normal eating”?

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