This course is Lesson 5 of a recently completed webinar entitled, "Weight Management Strategies." Successfully completing this lesson will earn 1.5 CEs. For accreditation information and presenter biographies, Click here.

Topics:

I. A look at the behaviors leading to weight management
II. Healthy lifestyle choices – beyond simply telling a patient what to do
III. The science – and art – of helping patients with health lifestyle choices
IV. The stages of change – understanding readiness to make changes
V. The processes of change – understanding how to help make changes

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

1. Explain the relationship between lifestyle choices and weight management
2. Demonstrate the association between importance and confidence in health behavior change
3. Identify the stages of change as applied to weight management behaviors
4. List the processes of change and the appropriate use of each