BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO TREATING OBESITY

Course overview

This course examines key issues related to behavior change and new strategies and practice advice. Explore how to assess the problem of obesity, build a collaborative health care team to organize a successful obesity treatment program, and explore tools to facilitate a self-care approach. Case studies highlight key issues in behavior change. Course Objectives: * Identify the key elements that influence outcomes of treating the obese patient. * Discuss the prevalence, contributing factors, and treatment options for obesity. * Describe the five-step collaborative problem solving model to accomplish long term weight control.