EduWeight: Weight Management and Chronic Disease
Help your patients living with chronic disease to make long-term lifestyle changes related to eating and physical activity with EduWeight, presented by the University of Melbourne.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for all clinicians working with adult patients with chronic diseases who would benefit from weight management.
What topics will you cover?
Links between obesity and chronic disease, and the benefits of weight loss
Overview of weight regulation, overweight and obesity
Examining weight stigma and personal beliefs about weight
Communication approaches for addressing weight management
Interventions for weight management
Health behaviour change support
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Describe to your patients on the associations and mechanisms linking overweight with chronic diseases, and the benefits of weight loss
Explain to your patients on the physiological mechanisms of weight regulation, weight loss and weight re-gain
Assess a variety of dietary interventions, work with the patient to identify which intervention would suit their needs and direct them to the information they need to get started
Develop an understanding of weight stigma and examine your own beliefs about weight
Apply a communication approach for having weight management discussions with patients in a positive, supportive, non-stigmatizing manner
Apply behaviour change techniques, including motivational interviewing, into your patient interactions to promote behaviour change
