HWRN Symposium: Promoting Healthy Weight in Youth with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

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The Healthy Weight Research Network Symposium will provide a forum for researchers, clinicians, people with disabilities, family members, and other interested individuals to learn about current research and practice in supporting children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to maintain a healthy weight and healthy lifestyles.

The Symposium will include talks by leading researchers in the field, roundtable discussions, a panel of youth/young adults with lived experience, a poster session, and networking opportunities. Trainees and new investigators are encouraged to attend.

Topics will include:

• Implications for research to practice and policy
• Use of GLP-1 agonists in children and youth with IDD for weight management
• Disordered eating in children and youth with IDD
• Preventing excess weight gain in young children with IDD in childcare settings
• Mealtime routines to promote healthy weight in children with IDD
• And more!

The symposium will be taking place in-person only.

Topics: Health and Wellness , CEDC