Motivational Interviewing for Clinicians
When working with patients towards a positive behaviour change, it’s important that you are able to recognise particular signs in the individual’s language (and in their body language), which relate …
Course: EduWeight: Weight Management for Adult Patients with Chronic Disease
Skills of Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing Skills Motivational interviewing contains skills that are found in many treatment approaches that focus on building trust and rapport with a patient, as well as expressing empathy and …
The Physiological Basis for Weight Regulation
Watch this lecture video to learn about how body weight is regulated. Regulation of Body Weight Is Complex Whilst regulation, or homeostasis, of body weight is most simplistically considered as …
Obesity Rates in Australia and Worldwide
Watch this short video providing some facts and figures about overweight and obesity in Australia and around the world. Obesity Rates in Australia Overweight and obesity are major public health …
Principles of Motivational Interviewing
Traditional Approach vs Motivational Interviewing The traditional approach of working with patients has been one where clinicians provide advice and tell patients what they ‘should be doing’ in order to …
The Edmonton Obesity Staging Classification
Watch the short summary video of the EOSS (UoM The EOSS video) It is essential to recognise that anthropometric classifications provide an indication of OBESITY CLASS, that is the size …
When to have a conversation about weight
We have previously explored how patients may feel in a clinical setting and how they may feel about discussing weight with a clinician (Week 3). Before asking permission to discuss …
Benefits of motivational interviewing
Motivational interviewing is based on the premise that everyone possesses the ability to change.20, 21 The intention is to facilitate, empower and support patients to progress towards a positive lifestyle …
Behaviour Change Techniques
In this article, we will share additional behavioural change techniques for lifestyle modification. Identifying Barriers and Problem Solving You can ask the patient to think about potential barriers to the …
What is motivational interviewing?
Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based approach that is a “directive, client-centred counselling style for eliciting behaviour change by helping patients to explore and resolve ambivalence”.20 It is goal orientated, with …
Examples of Behaviour Change Techniques
Individuals are often counseled on lifestyle modification when diagnosed with a chronic medical condition. Here are behavioural change techniques to aid adjustment to a health condition. Education and Information on …
Ask – Raising the topic of weight
The 5 minute video provides three patient scenarios where the clinician raises the issue of their weight. It asks you to reflect on how you might think and feel if …
The 5A approach to obesity
Health and medical research bodies around the world, including the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia, suggest clinicians use the 5A approach to manage overweight and obesity with …
Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating
In weight management, a key part of behaviour change is recognising barriers and facilitators to making changes to eating and exercise/physical activity behaviours. It is important to encourage those attempting …
The Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) Tool
The following tool developed by Sharma and Kushner (2009) summarises how an individual is categorised by obesity stage. This tool can be useful in clinical practice in order to determine …
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EduWeight: Weight Management for Adult Patients with Chronic Disease