Treating Obesity, Lowering BMI and Avoiding Eating Disorders 2/18/2026

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Overview

February 18, 2026

Noon - 1:00 p.m. CST

Objectives

Discuss the prevalence/evidence of eating disorders in patients with overweight and obesity
Develop strategies to support healthy eating behaviors and screen for disordered eating patterns/eating disorders in the primary care setting in patients with overweight and obesity
Explain when and to whom to refer for higher levels of care

Credit & Accreditation Statements

Accreditation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Pediatrics
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Disclosures

Lurie Children's CME Leadership & Staff:
Ravi Jhaveri, MD, Course Director; Alyssa Higgins Joyce, MD, MPH, CME Planning Committee; Claudia Cooper,CME Manager

FSM's CME Leadership & Staff:
Clara J. Schroedl, CME Medical Director; Sheryl Corey, CME Manager; Senior Program Coordinator, Allison McCollum; Administrative Assistant, Rhea Alexis Banks have nothing to disclose.

Speakers / Course Directors:

Ravi Jhaveri, MD, course director discloses that he contributes to the editorial services for Elsevier; is involved in the clinical trial planning for Seqirus; receives a consulting fee from Hologic and participates in contracted research for Saol Therapeutics.

Alanna Higgins Joyce, MD,MPH, course director has nothing to disclose

Caren Mangarelli, MD, speaker has nothing to disclose

Michele Zucker, MD, speaker has nothing to disclose
Gregg Montalto, MD, MPH, moderator has nothing to disclose

Course Information

Course Date:

February 18, 2026

Course Location:

VIRTUAL
Chicago, IL

Treating Obesity, Lowering BMI and Avoiding Eating Disorders

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Speaker Information

Apoorva Aekka MD [ view bio ]

Gregg Montalto MD, MPH [ view bio ]

Michelle Zucker MD, MPH [ view bio ]