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Become the Expert in Pediatric Obesity Management with Brenner FIT®’s Online Learning Series

Jul 29, 2025 9:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Pediatric, obesity, brenner fit

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Are you a healthcare professional looking to better support children and families dealing with weight-related health concerns? Brenner FIT® invites you to take the lead in your clinic with our comprehensive, self-guided online course:
Pediatric Obesity Management: Become the Expert in Your Clinic.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

This five-part learning series is designed by Brenner FIT’s multidisciplinary team to empower providers with practical, evidence-based tools. The course focuses on:

  • Creating positive health habits in a safe, family-centered way
  • Using Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility framework for feeding and activity
  • Communicating about weight with sensitivity and confidence
  • Guiding parents to reduce mealtime pressure and build structure
  • Fostering stronger family communication and trust

Whether you're a pediatrician, nurse, dietitian, or behavioral health provider, this training will help you approach pediatric obesity with compassion, clarity, and confidence.

📚 Why This Course Stands Out

1747231849-pd062717-349-lgUnlike traditional weight-focused interventions, this course emphasizes behavioral change and family dynamics over numbers on a scale. You’ll gain tools to:

  • Shift the conversation from weight to wellness
  • Support families in building sustainable routines
  • Address feeding challenges without blame or shame

💻 Flexible, Self-Paced Learning

The course is entirely online and self-guided, allowing you to learn at your own pace and revisit materials as needed. It’s perfect for busy professionals who want to deepen their expertise without disrupting their schedules.

✅ Ready to Get Started?

Register today and become the go-to expert in your clinic for pediatric obesity management.
👉 www.nwahec.org/75771

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Empower Families: Learn Supportive Approaches to Pediatric Weight Management at Brenner FIT Academy!

Aug 29, 2024 3:43:49 PM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Pediatric, obesity, brenner fit

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Treating and preventing pediatric obesity is not about cutting calories and increasing exercise. In this 5-part series, developed by the pediatric weight management experts at Brenner FIT®, participants will learn new, effective skills to help their patients and families makes positive health changes in a safe, kind and family-centered way.

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Check out the Spring Series for Brenner FIT Academy

Feb 9, 2023 9:00:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Pediatric, obesity, brenner fit

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Live Webinar Series in April & May! Learn new, effective skills from the Brenner FIT® experts in pediatric obesity to help your patients and their families make positive health changes in a safe, family-centered way.

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Brenner FIT Academy For Professionals: Winter Series (2023)

Nov 9, 2022 10:38:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Pediatric, obesity, brenner fit

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Learn new, effective skills from the Brenner FIT® experts in pediatric obesity to help your patients and their families make positive health changes in a safe, family-centered way.

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Brenner FIT Academy For Professionals: Fall Series (2022)

Sep 13, 2022 11:48:47 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Pediatric, obesity, brenner fit

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Learn new, effective skills from the Brenner FIT® experts in pediatric obesity to help your patients and their families make positive health changes in a safe, family-centered way.

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How to add Health Coaching and Wellness to your practice

Oct 29, 2021 2:24:29 PM / by Andrew L. Brewer, MS, NBHWC posted in engagement, Wellness, healthy eating, behavioral health, Health coach, obesity, motivational interviewing, weight loss, online learning, Preventive Care

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Listen in on a conversation with Audiologist and Health Coach Beth Knott. Beth is a veteran audiologist who became enamored with helping her clients become better versions of themselves. If you are a health care provider or someone who feels called to help others this episode of the Healthcare Insights in Northwest North Carolina podcast will demystify the process of becoming a health and wellness coach and how coaching concepts such as motivational interviewing for lifestyle modification can help you improve your practice.

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Get Registered for Obesity as a Disease: Innovative Approaches to Treatment

Aug 20, 2021 9:30:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Social Determinants of Health, Nursing, obesity, weight loss, pharmacotherapy

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The aim of this conference is to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to support and treat patients who struggle with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities. Participants will gain an evidence-based understanding of obesity as a disease that is influenced by a complex dynamic of physiological and psychosocial variables. Upon completion of the conference, participants will leave with a basic skill-set that enables them to identify treatment strategies that goes beyond 'eat less and move more'. Live Webinar is October 1st, 8am - 4pm, make sure to join us!

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🚩 Save the Date 10/1 🚩 Obesity as a Disease: Innovative Approaches to Treatment

May 13, 2021 9:52:00 AM / by Brooke Kochanski posted in Webinar, Wellness, obesity

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obesity2021Join us on October 1st for this webinar! Save the date, registration will open soon. The aim of this conference is to provide health care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to support and treat patients who struggle with obesity and obesity-related comorbidities. Participants will gain an evidence-based understanding of obesity as a complex disease that is influenced by a complex dynamic of physiological and psychosocial variables. Upon completion of the conference, participants will leave with a basic skill-set that enables them to identify treatment strategies that goes beyond “eat less and move more.”

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