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Obesity - Management
What should I do if the person is not ready to change their weight?
- Explore why the person does not feel ready to lose weight.
- Offer the person the opportunity to return for further consultations when they are ready to discuss their weight again and are willing or able to make lifestyle changes.
- Give information on the benefits of losing weight, healthy eating, and increased physical activity (e.g. a 'Why weight matters' card — for more information see the Department of Health website www.dh.gov.uk).
- Stress that obesity has specific health implications and is not just a case of how a person looks.
Basis for recommendation
- This recommendation is based on guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the prevention, identification, assessment, and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children [NICE, 2006b] and the care pathway for the management of overweight and obesity from the Department of Health [DH, 2006a].
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