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Session Type: Symposium

S18--Individualizing Nutrition Care: A Health Behavior Perspective

Friday, October 24, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
Location:Flex A

This session will cover:
1. Pros and Cons of GLP1s in order to discuss the approaches to weight loss medications.
2. The experiences of persons with CF who were challenged with body image issues due to taking modulators.
3. Weight inclusive approaches to patient and family counseling in a multidisciplinary setting.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explain the indications and contraindications to prescribing GLP-1 agonists.
  • Describe two challenges that patients with cystic fibrosis might encounter in regards to body image or body weight when taking highly effective modulators.
  • Plan a multidisciplinary approach to counseling patients with cystic fibrosis or their caregivers in regards to coping with body weight/image changes.

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S18.1- Pros and Cons of GLP-1 agonists

    Speaker: Melissa Norton

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S18.2- Individual Experience of Body Image Changes with Modulators

    Speaker: Alex Gantt – Patient with CF

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S18.3- Individual Experience of Body Image Changes with Modulators

    Speaker: Matthew Pick

  • 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    S18.4- Weight Inclusive Approach to Counseling Patients and Caregivers

    Speaker: Stephanie S. Filigno, PhD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Divisions of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology & Pulmonary Medicine