What's New!

2010-2011 WM Annual Report Now Available
The WM Annual report recaps our successful member year and the major events of the DPG. Read more about award winners, CPE opportunities and our terrific sponsors. Click here to read all about it.Important Updates Following PPW 2012: What you can do now!
Watch for a Call to Action and act on it with Grassroots Manager- takes less than 5 minutes! Read the Eat Right Weekly each week. There will be a detailed report about the bills and acts currently in debate and there will be breakdown by state, DPG, and specialty and how each of us will be impacted.There are several Bills and issues that will directly affect RD's who specialize in weight management: Read More Here.......
WMDPG Congratulates our newly elected officers for June 2012:
- WM Chair Elect: Julie Schwartz, MS, RD, CSSD, LD
- WM Treasurer-Elect: Monica Lebre, MS, RD, LDN
- WM Nominating Director-Elect: Kristine Clark, PhD, RD, FACSM

Webinars On Demand-New Releases!
Did you know WMDPG currently offers 10 on demand webinars? Check out the newest releases and all recorded webinars by clicking here.- Pediatric Webinar: What’s the “I.D.E.A.” program?
- Childhood Diabesity
- Physiology of Obesity
Announcements
Upcoming Webinars
Newsletter
Winter 2012 Vol. 10 No. 1: Full Issue
- From the Editor: Intersection between volunteering and fun
- 2012 Weight Management Dietetic Practice Group Annual Symposium
- Pediatrics Section: Avoiding harm with NAAFA’s Child Advocacy Toolkit
- Counseling for Behavior Change: Using DISC to understand the learning style of your clients
- Practice Points: What is normal eating? /li>
Latest News
Sleep restriction leads to increased activation of brain regions sensitive to food stimuli.
May 17th, 2012
Resistant starch from high-amylose maize increases insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese men
May 17th, 2012
*These weight managment updates are courtesy of the Daily News from the Academy's Knowledge Center. The Daily News List is a daily newsletter informing Academy members of news affecting food, nutrition and health. To get the Daily News in your mailbox each day go to www.eatright.org/dailynews.
