Managing Obesity: Supporting Behaviour Change course for GPs

This session looks at the type of support and services that can be offered for both children and adults to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.

This session was reviewed by Jamie Blackshaw (Project Lead), Penny Blair, Lisa Thompson and Elaine Boylan and updated in January 2017.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define the role of healthcare professionals, and how you can support individuals and families through an appropriate pathway of care
• Identify the lifestyle factors (nutrition and physical activity) where an individual and families could be supported to make changes
• Describe the types of weight management services that individuals could be signposted to
• Define when drug treatment for obesity should be considered and describe the drugs available
• Describe when surgery might be an appropriate consideration

Obesity is highly prevalent in England impacting on individuals physically, psychologically and socially, and on the nation as a whole in terms of the impact on the NHS and the economy.