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Addressing Weight Management in Pediatrics

Planned in cooperation with Pediatrics SAG 

ACPE Activity Number: 0204-0000-24-163-H01-P
Release Date:  October 29, 2024
Expiration Date: October 29, 2027
Activity Type: Knowledge-based 
CE Credits:  1.0 contact hour, (0.10 CEUs)
Activity Fee: Member – Free / Non-Member – Not Available 

This activity is a recording from a live webinar and those that claim credit for the live webinar should not claim credit for this activity.

Activity Overview 

This presentation will review the classification, assessment, and treatment of pediatric obesity. Faculty will discuss the contributors to pediatric obesity and the potential comorbidities that may result. Attendees will be able to utilize pediatric obesity guidelines to recommend non-pharmacologic obesity treatments. This education will also expand upon current pharmacologic recommendations from the guidelines and provide recommendations for the real-world use of pharmacologic therapies based upon expert opinion. 

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This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pediatric pharmacists who care for patients with overweight or obesity. 

After completing this activity, the learner should be able to:

  • Describe the multifactorial evaluation of a patient with overweight or obesity.
  • Compare evidence-based nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment modalities for a patient with overweight or obesity.
  • Select appropriate therapy for pediatric patients with overweight and obesity based upon patient-specific considerations.  

  • Introduction and Announcements 

  • Presentation  

  • Questions, Answers, and Discussion 

Faculty

Emily Sheskey, PharmD, BCPPS
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Pediatric Ambulatory Care
University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital
Chicago, IL 

Norman E Fenn III, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS
Clinical Associate Professor
Manchester University College of Health Professions, Nursing, and Pharmacy
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist
Parkview Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN 

In accordance with our accreditor’s Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, ASHP requires that all individuals in control of content disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. An individual has a relevant financial relationship if they have had a financial relationship with an ineligible company in any dollar amount in the past 24 months and the educational content that the individual controls is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. 

An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience. 

  • No one in control of the content of this activity has a relevant financial relationship (RFR) with an ineligible company. 

This activity consists of recordings of faculty slides presentations, active learning activities, discussion, and handouts. Participants must participate in the activity in its entirety to claim continuing pharmacy education credit online at ASHP Learning Center. Follow the prompts online to complete the evaluation, claim credit and view the statement of credit immediately after completing the activity. 

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