Get Ready for Your Patients' New
Year's Resolutions with the Newly Updated Aim for a Healthy
Weight Provider Kit
 Many patients will be making New
Year’s Resolutions to live healthier lives in 2007. Do you
have the tools to help them?
The Aim for a Healthy Weight education kit is designed to
offer health care providers the resources they need to
identify, assess, and manage overweight and obese patients,
and thereby reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease and
other diseases. This second edition was updated based on
feedback collected from various health professionals who used
the first edition.
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Kit components include:
- Facts About Healthy Weight – patient fact
sheet *NEW*
- Patient booklet *NEW*
- Laminated card with the body mass index (BMI)
chart, and the algorithm to assess,
classify, and treat
(ACT) overweight and obese patients
*NEW*
- Clinical guidelines expert panel report
- Practical Guide
- 3-Step guide to start a conversation with your
patients
- Waist circumference tape measure
Order item #KT-021_06 at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/product2.asp?sku=KT-021_06
for $18.00 each.
Check out the Aim for a Healthy Weight Web site and
its BMI calculator, menu planner, and portion distortion
information as an additional patient education resource
at http://healthyweight.nhlbi.nih.gov.
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