In addition to today’s resource, please see Eli Lilly’s Obesity Education Website For Patients iwhich is a useful resource for patients and physicians although it is a commercial site.
Eli Lilly’s Obesity Education Website is a useful resource for physicians although it is a commercial site.
Here are the links:
Comprehensive Obesity Care
Resource for healthcare professionals to understand the obesity diagnosis, contributing factors, and comprehensive care for patients with obesity.
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Conversations in Obesity Care
Explore these helpful communication tools, tips, and best practices for conversations in obesity care.
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Incretin Physiology
Watch this 3D video to review the physiology of incretin hormones.
Obesity Is a Disease
Resource for healthcare professionals to better understand the pathophysiology of obesity, along with the usual challenges encountered by clinicians and patients, during the management of disease.
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OBSERVE
OBSERVE is a study evaluating the attitudes of key stakeholders in the US about the problem of obesity and its effective therapy.
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Supportive Obesity Care
This website is dedicated to equipping healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools to provide more respectful, supportive and compassionate care to patients of all body sizes. In addressing weight stigma, it supports strategies to reduce bias and optimize patient care.
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Be prepared for common challenges in obesity
Download this resource to practice personalizing your approach when providing effective lifestyle counseling to people with obesity.
A tip sheet for HCPs that highlights information on obesity and its association with multisystem complications, measuring and diagnosing obesity, and using the 5 As model to discuss obesity with patients.
How and Why to Code for Obesity
A quick reference guide for HCPs on coding for obesity-related conditions in clinical practice
Obesity is a disease infographic
Obesity is a chronic, progressive, relapsing, and treatable multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease
Practical Evidence-Based Nutrition Recommendation for Patients Receiving Antiobesity Medications
A tipsheet for healthcare professionals to use as a resource when providing nutritional recommendations to patients receiving antiobesity medications.
Setting Expectations in Weight Management Conversations
An educational resource that aims to provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge and tools to effectively manage obesity and assist patients in achieving and maintaining a healthier weight.
Supporting Meaningful and Attainable Healthy Lifestyle Goals
Understanding individual motivations and goals through empathy and trust is central to effective lifestyle counseling.
Understanding and Assessing Body Composition
This infographic explains why it is essential to understand and assess body composition before, during, and after weight reduction. Studies have shown that weight reduction interventions can result in a reduction of both fat mass and fat-free mass.
Explore our library of patient based education materials to aid in HCP to patient interactions.
