Hélène Charlebois Nutrition & Wellness Consultant
Contact Hélène: 613-302-6798
Real research and evidences based strategies on making sense of the wealth of weight loss information on the market place today.
EMPOWERING health professionals to help their overweight &/or obese patients/clients manage their health at ANY SIZE!
Full Day Workshop targeted at Health Professionals who are not experts in weight &/or obesity management but work with people who would greatly benefit and appreciate positive ways to facilitate their health goals.
READY TO GO practical, hands on strategies, tools and handouts to help your overweight/obese client/patients be healthier. See the agenda below for more details.
A certificate of attendance will be provided for CE credits at the completion of the full day Waisting Away workshop.
Waisting Away is continuously updated with the newest research on obesity and weight management.
| 8:00am - 8:30am | Registration / handouts and materials |
| 8:30am - 9:15am | Introduction — Being realistic; Weight Loss Industry - Bariatrics / Obesity / Weight Management Terms Defined; Surgery-its nutrient implications |
| 9:15am - 10:30am | Unfolding the Obesity Hormones: What are they? How are they involved in weight? Appetite and weight stimuli; measuring your clients. |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | *Nutrition Break - product review |
| 10:45am - 12:30pm | Waisting AwayTM Nutrition Strategies for Weight Management Revealed |
| 12:30pm - 13:30pm | *Lunch |
| 13:30pm - 14:30pm | Waisting AwayTM Strategies |
| 14:30pm - 15:15pm | Intuitive Eating- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy & Motivational Interviewing - promoting change! Emotional/ binge eating; Diversity of clients/age groups |
| 15:15pm - 16:15pm | Real Life Case Studies |
Hélène Charlebois, BSc, RD is a Registered Dietitian-Nutrition Consultant from Ottawa with over 23 years experience in helping patients/clients with weight management. She is certified through the American Dietetic Association as an Adult Weight Management Specialist at the Levels 1 & 2 and is considered a weight management expert. She is a member the Canadian Obesity Network, The Society Of Obesity, the American Dietetic Association, the Dietitians of Canada (past board member and past president of the Consulting Dietitians of Canada), the College of Dietitians of Ontario and the Canadian Diabetes Association.
Waisting Away TM has
been presented in over 40 locations
across Canada to
more than 2000 Health Professionals.
“I just wanted to say keep up the good work! My clients have been way more successful at losing weight since implementing your recommendations!”
“It's great to be able to offer real solutions that work to clients who have struggled with weight loss for a long time...”
“I was very excited to gain so many strategies to apply personally and with my future clients, especially the damage control.”
“Thank you for an excellent workshop today at the National Obesity Summit. It was so refreshing to hear a dietitian not be afraid to think outside the Canada's Food Guide and be so confident with her material and presentation.”
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3. Cancellation Policy — Written notice (email or fax) of cancellation is required by the deadline of 1 week prior to the event and will be subject to a $25 processing fee. For cancellations received after that date there will be no refund however substitutions will be permitted. Refunds will be processed post-event.
Target audience : Registered Dietitians, Diabetes Nurse Educators, Cardiac Educators, Kinesiologists, Personal Trainers, Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, and Nutrition Professionals.
Contact Hélène Charlebois for more information.