Adult Weight Management Community Team

Edmonton Zone

Weight Management Workshops for Healthcare Professionals

The Weight Management Adult Community Program offers a variety of training sessions to healthcare professionals on adult weight management topics.

For information about patient and community services that we offer, view our program details

Foundations of Obesity Management

A full day workshop that:

• Provides foundational knowledge on obesity
• Discusses the relationship between mental health and obesity
• Reviews the Nutrition Guidelines for Primary Care: Adult Weight Management
• Discusses the role of physical activity and functional concerns
• Provides community resources for Obesity management

Target audience: healthcare providers who are new to working with patients with obesity or need a refresher on obesity management.

AHS staff should register for an upcoming session via MyLearningLink, non-AHS staff can email cdm.providertraining@ahs.ca.

Psychological Aspects of Obesity Management

During this half day workshop, participants will develop deeper understanding for individuals with obesity including: 

• Reflecting on societal stigma and personal bias that influence treatment of individuals with obesity including psychological impacts 
• Considering behavioral and mental health concerns and challenges which create barriers to effective obesity self-management  
• Applying strategies to support self-management of individuals with obesity

AHS staff should register for an upcoming session via MyLearningLink, non-AHS staff can email cdm.providertraining@ahs.ca.

Weight Wise Workshop Facilitation

Many of the Weight Wise Patient Education Workshops have been made available for our health professional partners to access and deliver to their clients. The process and eligibility for facilitating these workshops differs between the “Non-Nutrition” and “Nutrition” workshops, as outlined below.

Non-Nutrition Workshops:

In order to access workshop content, organizations must sign a copyright agreement with Alberta Health Services (AHS). Email admin at cdm.providertraining@ahs.ca with the information below to start this process.

• Organization legal name
• Organization legal address
• Contact person who can sign the copyright agreement

Training is not required prior to facilitation; however, providers who are interested in getting additional support are welcome to:

• Observe a Weight Wise education workshop facilitated by a member of our team in the Edmonton Zone. Contact us at 780-735-1030 to arrange this.
• Call the Adult Weight Management information line at 825-404-7460 and Press 2 to get your questions answered by a member of our team
• Request a group training session for your organization to help you prepare for these workshops.
• Visit the Weight Wise Weight Wise Train the Provider Main Page to find additional weight management training opportunities.

Nutrition Workshops:

The Alberta Health Services Adult Weight Management Nutrition Workshops are a provincial resource and part of a training program designed to support Registered Dietitians in providing consistent, evidence-based weight management nutrition messages to patients across the province. As such, the workshops are only available to be delivered by Registered Dietitians who are trained facilitators and are therefore not available for external use or facilitation by other healthcare providers.

Becoming a Trained Facilitator

• Only Registered Dietitians within Alberta Health Services or with one of our Primary Care Network /Family Care Clinic partners are eligible to facilitate Weight Wise Nutrition Workshops.
• Training is required for all Registered Dietitians prior to facilitating the workshops.
• A taped training session is offered to allow for training on an as needed basis.
• There is no fee to become a trained facilitator.

Email cdm.providertraining@ahs.ca, indicating your request for Nutrition Workshop Facilitator training. You will then be put in touch with Nutrition Services to continue the process.