2020-10-29 OMA Agenda - Board of Trustees

Table 2. Selected key resources and websites for practice tools, patient resources, education and general interest topics in obesity treatment. Resource Practice tools Patient resources Education for General resources

Health Care practitioners

STOP Obesity Alliance: http://stop.publichealth.gwu.edu/

• Why Weight? Tool to guide health care professionals in effective conversations about weight and health with their patients

• Online guide for discussing weight and health with children

• Education and training for Obesity Care competencies

• Fact sheets and infographics on a variety of topics pertaining to obesity • Policy documents for obesity care coverage, outcomes, and community programming • Provides information on education, advocacy and support for people with obesity • Online education modules for treatment, health consequences, pathophysiology, patient assessment, practice management.

Obesity Action Coalition: https://www.obesityaction.org/

• Advocacy for patients with obesity • Access to care • Weight bias

• Guide for

• Health policy agenda • Weight bias • Advocacy for patients with obesity • Access to care

understanding weight and health in adults and children

• Overview of

obesity treatments

• Provider locator • Overview of obesity • Provider locator

Obesity Medicine Association: https://obesitymedicine.org/

• Obesity algorithm for treatment of obesity in clinical practice • Webinars, online education, clinician resources • Effective communication about weight

• Obesity Medicine Academy for CME • Preparation for American Board of Obesity Medicine certification exam

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