Peer-Support Round Table: May 2020

Topics Discussed

• Working with clients who desire weight loss
• The common belief that weight management and weight-inclusive care can co-exist
• Supporting clients that have heightened weight concerns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Defining healthy eating as eating for resiliency rather than prevention of chronic disease, with reference to:
  • Julie Sweeney
  • Critical Dietetics Group Facebook group
• Resources for dietitians working in care homes for adults with disabilities/developmental delay, with reference to:
  • Vikki Reynolds
  • Kelty Eating Disorders
  • Weight-Inclusive Dietitians in Canada Facebook group thread (started by Amelia Gallant on April 8, 2020)
  • Weight-Inclusive Dietitians in Canada Facebook group thread (started by Ashley Henry on Feb 12, 2020)
  • Christina Seely