2026 Annual Conference: Exploring Addiction Frameworks in Eating Disorder Treatment

We are thrilled to invite you to the 2026 CREDN Conference, Exploring Addiction Frameworks in Eating Disorder Treatment — a local gathering of providers dedicated to advancing thoughtful, evidence-based eating disorder care. Hosted by the Columbia River Eating Disorder Network (CREDN), this year’s conference examines how addiction models intersect with eating disorders and related behaviors, highlighting both the clinical utility and the limitations of addiction frameworks across treatment settings.

We are honored to welcome Lizzie E. Briasco, MSc, RD, CSSD, LDN, who will present Exercise “Addiction”: Navigating Compulsive Exercise within Eating Disorder Recovery; Abbey Roberts, MS, RD, ACSM-EP, who will present Food Addiction: A Misdiagnosis in Disguise; and Meera Beharry, MD, who will present Coming Together to Address Substance Use and Eating Disorders. Together, these presentations will explore nuanced, multidisciplinary perspectives on addiction language, assessment, and intervention in eating disorder treatment.

Through thought-provoking presentations, dialogue, and interactive learning, we’ll examine how addiction frameworks can inform — and at times complicate — our clinical understanding, while emphasizing individualized, client-centered, and context-aware care. Join us to learn, connect, and expand your clinical lens as we work toward more integrated and effective approaches to treatment and recovery. We can’t wait to see you there!

Lizzie Briasco, MSc, RD, CSSD, LDN, is a sports and eating disorder dietitian who works with people of all backgrounds to make their relationship with food, movement, and body align with who they want to be and the life they want to live. She completed her dietetic internship through the Emily Program in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2016 and subsequently worked with TEP for about a year before pursuing her Masters in sports & exercise nutrition at Loughborough University in the UK. While she was completing her thesis, she got matched to Purdue University through the Gatorade SNIP program where she functioned as a full-time sports dietitian for football, cross country, and tennis, for a year. After that program ended, she moved to NC where she worked as an IOP/OP eating disorder dietitian for 3 years before opening her own practice, Transition Nutrition.

Abbey Roberts, MS, RD, ACSM-EP is the Owner of Fork Diet Culture. You can find her dismantling diet culture on her podcasts Hangry Thoughts and The Forkcast, on social media as @fork.diet.culture, and daily with her clients. She is a master’s level registered dietitian and exercise physiologist with a background in clinical nutrition therapy. She is neurodivergent (late diagnosed ADHD) and loves her other neurodivergent clients and their cool brains! She specializes in size-inclusive nutrition therapy for disordered eating and eating disorders. Abbey is also passionate about intuitive eating, digestive issues, and sports nutrition.

Dr. Meera Beharry is board certified in General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine with over 20 years of experience caring for children and young adults. She earned her medical degree from SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn and completed her Adolescent Medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. She later served as Adolescent Medicine Section Chief at Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, where she expanded services for anxiety, depression, reproductive health, chronic illness, and eating disorders. She currently serves as Adolescent Medicine Advisor at Equip Health, supporting patient care and educational outreach to improve access to evidence-based eating disorder treatment. Dr. Beharry is on faculty at Texas A&M and CUNY School of Medicine, has published on high-risk youth, and serves as Treasurer for the International Association for Adolescent Health.

Event information and ticket sales:
Please note we have a limited number of tickets available for this event. Our priority is to provide comfortable, size inclusive spacing for all attendees at our event. We will not be able to offer day-of sales or refunds under any circumstances. Seating will be MityLite banquet chairs with weight capacity of up to 1,000 lbs, with tables for note taking and eating.

Our venue is ADA accessible and can make accommodations for those who need different seating options. If you require additional support, please reach out to us at board@CREDN.org two weeks prior to the event and let us know how we can help you.

To honor the privacy of our speakers and attendees, this event will not be recorded.

Continuing Education Information:

4.0 Continuing Education Credits are available through NBCC. For RDs, NBCC is also an acceptable credit for the CDR. As always, please check with your state board to obtain clarification about CE acceptance for your licensure.

Special Pricing Available:

CREDN offers sliding scale pricing for folks that identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color (BIPOC). BIPOC attendees can choose to pay our standard conference prices, or may apply a 15% discount at check-out with Promo Code “BIPOC15”. CREDN also offers sliding scale pricing based on economic hardship, and does not want cost to be prohibitive to attendance. Please reach out to the CREDN board at Board@CREDN.org to inquire about this!

Breakfast & Lunch:

We will be servicing breakfast and lunch at this year’s event. Please indicate the need for gluten free, vegetarian, or vegan options in your registration.

Breakfast Menu: Baja Breakfast Buffet – fruit salad, corn & flour tortillas, cottage potatoes, black beans, scrambled eggs, chorizo crumbles, Santa Fe tofu scramble, and pastries with orange juice

Lunch Menu: Lucky’s Deli Buffet – Brewer’s salad, picnic potato salad + tuna salad, turkey, pastrami, chickpea of the sea salad with cheeses, spreads, and veggies on various deli rolls

Water, Coffee, and Tea will be available all day + cookies after lunch!

A big thank you to our Gold Level Sponsors:

And our Silver Level Sponsors:

For the second year in a row, CREDN will be matching all donations to the BIPoC Eating Disorders Organization and Conference through the month of April! You can find more information about the conference here.

Your donation will help support: ✨ Educational Sessions led by BIPOC experts in mental health and eating disorder treatment, 🎓 Scholarships for those who wouldn’t be able to attend otherwise, and 📚 Community Resources developed for and distributed to BIPOC individuals and families.

Click this link to donate and join us in the efforts to challenge stigma, promote healthcare equity, and push for inclusion in healing from eating disorders.