Healthy Weight Council Toolkits

    Tools for Health Professionals

Resources for Physicians on Talking to Patients About Weight

American College of Gastroenterology, “Tips for GI Physicians to Start the Conversation with Patients about Overweight & Obesity”

Child and Adolescent Obesity Provider Toolkit, the California Medical Association Foundation

Effective Communication with Families talking to patients and families about weight based on age of patient and stages of change, Kaiser Permanente

How to talk about 'weight' with your overweight and obese patients, Yale Rudd Center

Talking With Patients About Weight Loss: Tips for Primary Care Professionals, WIN (Weight Control Information Network)

Three Steps to Initiate Discussion About Weight Management with Your Patients, NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

When the Doctor Struggles With Weight, blogpost,  the New York Times

When Weight is the Issue, Doctors Struggle, Too, online news article

Who Are You Calling Fat? Washington Post article