The Obesity Conversation
Posted almost 12 years ago by Margaret Crump
NPs, let's get the obesity conversation started!
With U.S. adults getting heavier each decade and with35.7% of adults considered obese by the Centers for Disease Control, ANPF recently convened a roundtable of experts to discuss the obesity crisis and to recommend tools for nurse practitioners.
The result—recently published as a comprehensive white paper and linked to by the International Council of Nurses—suggests that there is a huge window of opportunity for nurse practitioners that could positively impact millions of lives.
Nurse practitioners can simply initiate sensitive, long-term conversations about healthy lifestyle changes with their obese patients.
Read more on ANPF's website about starting the obesity conversation and about Simply Health in Practice, a collection of healthy living resources for NPs and their patients.