The STOP Obesity Alliance offers tools and resources to support health care professionals in delivering competent obesity care to promote effective obesity prevention and management. Read about our Why Weigh Guide and Obesity Care Competencies below and explore their websites.
Why Weight Guide and Website
Created by the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP) Obesity Alliance, the Why Weight? tool is a guide for health care professionals to initiate effective conversations about weight and health with their patients.
Obesity Care Competencies
The Provider Competencies for the Prevention and Management of Obesity were designed by more than 20 leading health organizations representing a dozen health professions. They are aimed at many types of health professionals engaged in obesity prevention and management. Collectively, the competencies establish a working knowledge of obesity, and are therefore best used together. Recognizing that the depth of knowledge or skill for a given competency will vary based on specialty, each specialty is encouraged to adapt these competencies to fit their needs.
