
Weight Inclusive Health Certificate Program
Weight Inclusive Health is a four-part non-credit certificate program that aims to provide healthcare providers with foundational knowledge of weight inclusive care.
Weight inclusive approaches use non-weight based markers for health promotion and are rooted in health equity.
The Certificate in Weight Inclusive Care offers four different courses that are meant to explore weight bias, weight inclusive frameworks, eating disorders, and counseling from a weight inclusive lens.
Who Should Take the University of Arizona Weight Inclusive Health Certificate Program?
This noncredit program is open to all. You do not need prior healthcare experience. This program is ideal for:
- Recent college graduates
- Healthcare professionals (1-5 years experience) looking to update their skill sets, including Dietitians, Physicians, Therapists, Pharmacists and Public Health professionals.
- Those who are looking to make a shift into weight inclusive care or become more knowledgeable about other aspects of weight bias and eating disorder awareness.
What You Will Learn
- Personal bias awareness and introspection about your relationship with food and bodies.
- Addressing weight bias in health care by considering the social determinants of health, and practicing addressing and modifying weight-centric approaches.
- Weight inclusive approaches to counseling using an overall trauma-informed approach; this includes how to start conversations, practice motivational interviewing, hold space for weight concerns, and the whole person.
- Eating disorder and body image support with an intersectional lens and understanding of body autonomy.
- Overall weight inclusive framework applications in practice, from counseling, to nutrition and healthcare visits.
Schedule and Format
The program is completely online and self-paced. You will have three weeks to complete each course.
You should expect to spend about five hours per week on course work, including watching videos, reading, participating in online discussions, completing assignments and taking quizzes.
Class Dates
You can take all four courses or choose to take only one or more individual courses. You may take the courses in any order.
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Exploring Weight Inclusive Frameworks: September 8-26, 2025
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Weight Bias in Healthcare: September 29-October 17, 2025
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Weight Inclusive Foundations for Eating Disorder Care: October 20-November 7, 2025
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Developing a Weight Inclusive Counseling Lens: November 10-December 1, 2025
Weight Inclusive Health Certificate Program Courses
What is Included?
- Approximately fifteen hours of learning per course.
- A digital (PDF) Certificate of Completion upon successful completion of each individual course, as well as upon completion of the full four-course program.
- A digital badge upon successful completion of each individual course, as well as upon completion of the full four-course program.
Continuing Education Units: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available from Continuing and Professional Education for an additional fee. One CEU = 10 clock hours of instruction, so each course is eligible for 1.5 CEUs. Note that these CEUs are not occupation-specific.
The courses also meet qualifications for CDR. Each course is eligible for 10 CEUs approved by CDR, Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Learn from University of Arizona Faculty
These courses are designed and facilitated by University of Arizona School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness faculty members:
Katelyn Barker, MS, RDN is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director, Didactic Program in Dietetics at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.
Ashley Munro, MPH, RDN, CDCES is an Instructor at the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.
A Message from the Weight Inclusive Health Team: "We look forward to providing this information and would like to share that the aim of this program is to be the start of a continuing education journey. We acknowledge the importance of learning from a variety of individuals, especially those with lived experience. It is vital that throughout our career we have ongoing and critical evaluation of our learning."
In addition to this non-credit professional certificate program, the School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness also offers credit-bearing Weight Inclusive Health courses. Learn more about undergraduate weight inclusive health courses.
Paying for Your Weight Inclusive Health Courses
A 10% discount is available for those who register for all four courses. The discount will be applied automatically during registration when you register for all four courses.
A 10% discount is also available for group registration (three or more individuals from the same organization). Contact us if you are interested in group registration.
Registration
You do not need to be located in Arizona or a University of Arizona student to take these courses.
Registering is easy. There is no application required. Just click the red button below to choose your classes and register in our convenient online registration system.