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About the Webinar:

Psychologists increasingly are being asked to address both the mental and physical health problems of their patients. Childhood obesity is a crisis. The CDC estimates there are over 14 million children and adolescents who suffer from obesity, just under 20% of our child population. Percentages for Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black children are even higher. 

Obesity has lifelong implications for our children’s health and well-being. Physically it can lead to problems with asthma, diabetes, bone and joint problems, high cholesterol, and sleep apnea. In terms of a child’s mental health, obesity can adversely result in problems with sleep, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem. It can leave children more likely to be subject to bullying. 

In the following webinar, learn how you can help.

​Course objectives:
  • Define pediatric obesity
  • Broadly review etiology and sequalae
  • Identify treatment strategies and levels of care
  • Introduce the MO HealthNet pediatric obesity treatment benefit package, and why it matters for psychologists

Please note: this webinar will be conducted via Zoom.  By registering for this webinar, you are agreeing to Zoom's privacy policy.

Our Speakers

Amy R. Beck, PhD, RYT 200
Dr. Beck is a Clinical Psychologist who earned her doctorate in 2009 from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, CA.  She completed her internship at the Sarah Reed Children’s Center in Erie, PA.  She received postdoctoral training at Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore, MD in the Center for Pediatric Weight Management and Healthy Living.  Since 2010, Dr. Beck has served in the Weight Management Program at the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition at Children’s Mercy Kansas City and is currently an Associate Professor with the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.  In this role, she provides psychological services to youth receiving multidisciplinary obesity treatment.  Her professional interests include weight bias/stigma and the clinical implementation of yoga (she became a registered yoga teacher in 2016).  At Children’s Mercy, Dr. Beck is involved in the Council on Violence Prevention and the Office of Equity and Diversity.  At the state and national levels, she is involved with the Missouri Psychological Association, American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Society of Pediatric Psychology, and the American Psychological Association. ​
Meredith Dreyer Gillette, PhD

Meredith Dreyer Gillette, PhD, received her doctoral degree from the University of Kansas in Clinical Child Psychology. She completed her internship and postdoctoral fellowship at A.I.duPont Hospital for Children specializing in pediatric psychology. She has been a member of the Divisions of Developmental and Behavioral Health and Weight Management since 2006. Dr. Dreyer Gillette is a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. Clinically, Dr. Dreyer Gillette serves as the Director of the Special Needs Weight Management Program and provides multidisciplinary care to patients with Autism, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. She is involved in research and advocacy on the provision of family based behavioral treatments for families of youth with obesity. She is a co-investigator in NIH and CDC funded projects. Dr. Dreyer Gillette is highly interested in increasing accessibility to evidence-based treatments for obesity and in reaching underserved populations. She is involved at the local, state and national levels with advocacy for obesity treatment, adaptations for special populations, and development of guidelines for treatment.
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