Provider Training
Let’s Go! provides a variety of training opportunities for practice teams including the National Obesity Conference hosted annually in the fall, as well as previously recorded webinars and conferences. Please contact us to discuss additional trainings for your practice team.
National Obesity Conference
Explore the link between mental health and obesity. Expand your clinical knowledge, learn current best practice and hear about programs to support patients. Conference date: September 23 & 24, 2021
- Shared Pathophysiology and Implications for Collaborative Management
Speaker: Val O’Hara, DO and Jennifer Curran, PhD
- Psychosocial and Behavioral Considerations before and after Bariatric Surgery
Speaker: David Sarwer, PhD
- Evaluation and Screening: Beyond BMI and PHQ
Speaker: Melissa Santos, PhD
- Strategic Prescribing to Minimize and Treat Obesity
Speaker: Dena Whitesell, MD and Matija Burtis, DO
- Weight Stigma and Bias: What We Can Do to Improve Care
Speaker: Rebecca Puhl, PhD
- Therapeutic Interventions for Behavior Change
Speaker: Joel Guarna, PhD
- Using Telehealth Groups for Treatment during COVID
Speakers: Linda Johnson, LCSW; Heather Orr, LCSW; Hartwell Dowling, MSW
- Behavioral Health Homes to Support Patients
Speaker: Alan Bean Burpee, LCSW
- Life on Screens: Optimize Wellbeing, Recognize and Prevent Problematic Use
Speaker: Kristelle Lavallee, MA
- Keep Moving
Speaker: John Ratey, MD
- Your Brain on Food
Speaker: Uma Naidoo, MD
- COVID and Obesity: What it Means for Patients
Speaker: Sandy Hassink, MD
Learn about the latest evidence of the impact of obesity and cancer on patients. Presentations include a focus on the relationship of diet and physical activity on these diseases, and programs and resources to support patients in clinical and community settings. Conference dates: September 24 & 25, 2020
- Obesity and Cancer: Understanding the Connection
Speaker: Jennifer Ligibel, MD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
- Obesity-related Cancers: The Impact on Society
Speaker: Sara L. Huston, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
- Screening and Treatment for Patients with Obesity and Cancer
Speaker: Leslie Bradford, MD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
- Oncology Nutrition: The Continuum of Care
Speaker: Pam Perkins, RD, LD - PDF Presentation
- Evidence-Based Health Intervention Programs
Speakers: Meagan Hamblett, Casey Clark Kelley, Catie Reed, YMCA - PDF Presentation 1 | PDF Presentation 2
- Hunger and Health
Speakers: Kristen Miale, MBA, Courtney Kennedy, MEd, Good Shepherd Food Bank - PDF Presentation
- American Cancer Society & American Cancer Society Action Network - PDF Presentation
- Diet-Associated Cancer Burden: Opportunities for Nutrition Policy Interventions
Speaker: Fang Fang Zhang, MD, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
- Healthy Movement for Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Speaker: Justin C. Brown, PhD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
- Prevention to Survivorship: Where Do We Go From Here?
Speaker: Colleen Doyle, MS, RD - Vimeo Presentation | PDF Presentation
Webinars
5-2-1-0 Webinars – for Providers with Pediatric Patients
5-2-1-0 Webinar Series
These webinars explain some of the complexities and challenges of preventing and treating obesity.
Caring for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
As children with I/DD can face more challenges to adopting healthy habits than their typically developing peers. This video was created to help support this special population. This 14-Minute Video for health care professionals is designed to help improve health outcomes for patients with I/DD. It is narrated by pediatrician Dr. Stephanie Joy. Maine Medical Center provides 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits(s) to participants who complete the educational module.
Motivational Interviewing for Behavior Change
Let’s Go! is committed to developing learning opportunities for practice teams which will enhance your abilities to counsel and guide patients towards healthy eating and active living for better health. Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective technique which ignites a patient’s internal drive for change. This evidence based approach has been used with diverse populations and in varied settings.
Small Steps Webinars – for Providers with Adult Patients
Lifestyle Change and Patient Readiness
This webinar was developed to help providers understand the role small changes in a patient’s lifestyle and weight can improve overall health over time, recognize the stages of change that may be necessary for people to commit to improve their health slowly by making changes, learn how to use the Small Steps Healthy Habits Questionnaire, and discuss the concept of setting SMART goals with patients.
Top Nutrition Tactics for Weight Loss
This webinar was developed to highlight key nutrition concepts for the treatment of overweight and obesity, including what all healthcare providers should consider, optimal dietary strategies for weight loss, physical activity guidelines for weight loss, behavior and lifestyle strategies to support weight loss