New Tools for Discussing Weight With Your Patients

The Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, which includes AMWA as a member organization, has released a series of educational videos and website for health care providers as part of its continued efforts to improve communication with patients affected by obesity. The information is based on STOP’s Why Weight? A Guide to Discussing Obesity & Health With Your Patients, a unique tool designed to help providers build a safe and trusting environment with patients to facilitate open, productive conversations about weight. This series is part of a larger effort STOP is making to improve the patient experience and educate health care providers. The Why Weight? A Guide to Discussing Obesity & Health With Your Patients series of information is available at www.WhyWeightGuide.org.