Heeren, Faith Anne N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6819-8258
Hales, Sarah
Redelfs, Alisha H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-6044
Saunders, Katherine H.
Corbin, Karen D. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-0003
Article History
Received: 25 March 2025
Revised: 12 December 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 8 February 2026
Competing interests
: All authors report serving on the Communications Committee for the Obesity Society. FANH reports serving on the Obesity Society’s Finance Committee, consulting fees from WW, an honorarium for speaking from the American Academy of Pediatrics, institutional support to travel, and membership on the Obesity Action Coalition’s Membership and Access to Care committees, outside the scope of the submitted work. SH reports receiving support to attend the exam development meeting with the Commission on Dietetic Registration as a Subject Matter Expert in 2020 and being the past chair of the Early Career Committee of the Obesity Society. KDC reports being the immediate past chair of the Communications Committee for the Obesity Society.