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Clinical resources

 

 

Obesity clinical resources

Use these tools to screen for and treat obesity.

Click on any underlined name to download the file.

Overweight & obesity
Clinical practice guidelines
pdf MQIC Guideline: Management of Overweight and Obesity in the Adult (60KB PDF)
Specific interventions for treatment of overweight and obese conditions in adults.
Updated 03/2011; adopted by Priority Health 06/2011.
pdf MQIC Guideline: Prevention and Identification of Childhood Overweight and Obesity (790KB PDF)
Specific interventions for prevention and identification of childhood overweight and obesity.
Updated 06/2010; adopted by Priority Health 06/2010.
pdf MQIC Guideline: Treatment of Childhood Overweight and Obesity (90KB PDF)
Specific interventions for treatment.
Updated 06/2010; adopted by Priority Health 06/2010.
Practice management
pdf Practice assessment (50KB PDF)
Answer these questions to identify where your practice may have opportunities to assist your patients in achieving a healthy weight.
Updated 06/2006
pdf Healthy weight assessment and follow-up (49KB PDF)
Use this tool to help track visits and follow-up with your patients.
Updated 06/2006
pdf How to talk to teens and adult patients about weight (47KB PDF)
A guide for having conversations with patients about their weight
Updated 10/2006
pdf Overweight child assessment (49KB PDF)
Helps practices learn more about their patients' nutrition and activity habits
Updated 10/2006
Patient education
pdf BMI chart (adult) (119KB PDF)
Educates patients about how to figure out BMI and what it means
Updated 10/2006
pdf BMI information sheet for adults (31KB PDF)
Gives examples of healthy and unhealthy BMI measurements and suggestions for achieving & maintaining a healthy weight
Updated 12/2008
pdf BMI information sheet for teens (31KB PDF)
Gives examples of healthy and unhealthy BMI measurements and suggestions for achieving & maintaining a healthy weight
Updated 12/2008
pdf BMI information sheet for children (ages 2-12) (31KB PDF)
Gives examples of healthy and unhealthy BMI measurements and suggestions for achieving & maintaining a healthy weight
Updated 12/2008
pdf Nutrition log (71KB PDF)
Patients may use this log to record their meals and snacks.
Updated 10/2006
pdf Exercise log (70KB PDF)
Patients may use this log to record their daily activity.
Updated 08/2006
pdf Patient self-assessment (44KB PDF)
Helps patients develop a plan for weight loss
Updated 10/2006
Web page Pediatric BMI calculator
CDC's BMI calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old.
Web page BMI calculator on the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute website.

Priority Health programs

HealthyEncountersSM - Weight Management
Refer your patients to case management services: 616 481-9701 

Weight Loss Centers of Excellence
Helps providers ensure all chronically obese patients have access to successful weight loss programs

Obesity links

Organizations, information and websites to help obese patients:


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Last modified: 8/31/2011
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