From Struggle to Success: Helping Weight Management Patients Navigate Barriers, Challenges and Confusion for Effective Dietary Change

By Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN

 

A desire to change dietary behavior is one of the common reasons for patients to reach out to dietitians and other health practitioners. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, specific tactics may help reduce barriers and challenges your weight management patients might be experiencing. From quieting the food noise to building a supportive environment to behavior change, this webinar, presented by Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN, will provide an evidence-based approach to help manage the many aspects of altering the one thing we must do every day: Eat.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand current consumer trends in nutrition and eating behavior
  • Examine common barriers to dietary behavior change
  • Establish effective habits to help heal patient relationship with food
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Kristin Kirkpatrick

About the Speaker

Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RDN, is the President of KAK, Consulting, LLC, a dietitian at the Cleveland Clinic Department of Wellness & Preventive Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Senior Fellow at the Meadows Behavioral Healthcare in Wickenburg, Arizona. She is a best-selling author, an experienced presenter, and an award-winning Dietitian. Kristin is a contributing writer for TODAY.com, Eating Well Magazine, Costco Connection, and Cleveland Clinic Essentials, and has appeared on both local and national shows such as the TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, Fox Business, Bloomberg TV, and the Dr. Oz show. Kristin is also a Nutrition Expert with the NBC affiliate for Denver, Colorado. Her website is www.KristinKirkpatrick.com.