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Weight Management for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Learn about the importance of weight management in treating people with type 2 diabetes and how to navigate these discussions with patients.
Date of Last Review: October 27, 2023
Document Number: VV-MED-142021
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For patient education. This workmat is designed to help facilitate informative and meaningful conversations and to help prepare patients for beginning their weight loss/weight management journey.
This facilitator guide is designed to encourage thoughtful and memorable discussion around weight management with the workmat. Included are guided questions that should serve as a starting point to encourage active participation by all individuals.
This table flipchart is an educational tool about weight management for people with type 2 diabetes, designed to be used in 1-on-1 or digital conversations.
The workmat depicts travelers journeying through a desert as an overarching analogy for weight management, with each pictorial scene including key knowledge (feasible goals, possible challenges, useful tools, and accessible resources).
The Energy Gap Handout provides a high-level overview of the physiology behind weight loss and weight regain.
The Getting Started Handout can be used to help assess participants’ motivations and goals.
These interactive mythbuster activities are intended to help dispel common misconceptions about weight loss and weight management.
These customizable cards can be used to facilitate active participation from each group member and to tailor the content to their individualized needs.
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