Are We Aiming High Enough? Part Two: Goal Weight Setting for Adults

Weight restoration is an essential component of eating disorder recovery. However, there is no consensus on how to set recovery weights, especially in adults. There is a robust literature on the harms of weight suppression in clients with eating disorders, and the benefits of reversing this suppression in supporting recovery. Weight stigma in providers and clients often produces trepidation in setting goal weights that are truly consistent with someone’s pre-eating disorder historical weight trajectory, even when it is clear that they were healthier in a larger body than they are after weight...Read more loss. Using methods that keep our clients weight suppressed, fail to reverse hormonal shutdown, or do not allow enough weight for cognitive recovery may keep people entering eating disorder treatment in a state of chronic illness and/or vulnerable to relapse. It is imperative to consider goal weights consistent with a true recovery, even when they need to be higher to achieve this. This discussion will review the historical methods of goal weight setting in adults, why we need a new method, and how to challenge weight stigma in patients and other providers when restoring clients to higher weights. Less...

Learning Objectives

Identify limitations of commonly used methods of target weight goal setting in adults
Describe the importance of weight restoration in reversing weight suppression and supporting cognitive recovery in adult patients with eating disorders
Review why we need a new method and challenge common fears and misconceptions about higher goal weights

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Dietitians, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Live Interactive Webinar

12:00 PM EST - 01:00 PM EST

EARN 1 CE Credit Hours
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About the speakers

Rebecka Peebles, MD, FAAP

Vice President of Adolescent Medicine, Monte Nido

Dr. Rebecka Peebles is the Vice President of Adolescent Medicine at Monte Nido and Affiliates. She joined there after 13 years at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, where she was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, specializing in adolescent and young adult medicine. Dr. Peebles is board certified in pediatrics and further specialty certified in adolescent and young adult medicine, and served as the Director of Medical Research and Quality Innovations in the Eating Disorder Assessment and Treatment Program at CHOP, which she co-founded in 2011. Her research has been funded by the NIH and the American Heart Association, and has focused on medical evaluation, bone health, and biobehavioral links in youth with eating disorders. She graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine with her MD in 1996, completed her pediatrics residency at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital in Ohio in 1999, and her adolescent medicine fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2003.

Nathalia M. Trees, MS, RD, CEDS-C

Vice President of Nutrition Services, Monte Nido

Nathalia Trees is a certified eating disorder Registered Dietitian and consultant specializing in the treatment of adults and adolescents with eating disorders. She was granted a Bachelor of Science from the University of Colorado and a Master of Science in clinical nutrition from Tufts University. She completed her dietetics internship at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. Nathalia’s experience spans over 13 years in medical nutrition therapy, nutrition education, public speaking, and eating disorder related research.

Her passion is advocacy, training, and education for current and future dietitians and helping individuals rebuild their relationship with food. Nathalia’s approach focuses on non-diet centered, weight inclusive, and compassionate care. Nathalia’s leadership style focuses on community, connection, and striving for clinical excellence in the field of eating disorders. Outside of work, Nathalia enjoys traveling, embracing new cultures and cuisines, and spending time with her family and Bernese Mountain dog.

CE Information - Earn 1 CE Credit Hour

CE Approvals

American Psychological Association

Monte Nido & Affiliates is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Monte Nido & Affiliates maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Commission on Dietetic Registration

Monte Nido & Affiliates awards 1 CPEUs in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s CPEU Prior Approval Program.

National Board for Certified Counselors

Monte Nido & Affiliates has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6782. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Monte Nido & Affiliates is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

New York State Department's State Board for Social Work

Eating Disorder Treatment of New York, LLC #SW-0807 (Monte Nido New York) is recognized by SED's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for license social workers. 50 minutes equals one continuing education hour of credit.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) Program

Monte Nido & Affiliates, #2181, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 10/1/2024 - 10/1/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 clinical continuing education credits.

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