Module 5: Health Communication and Counselling on Weight Management of Children/Adolescents at Increased Risk of Obesity

Unit 1 Communication with a child or adolescent with abnormal weight status and their family: what we need to know
 3 Topics
Topic 1 Introduction
Topic 2 Psychological features of children/adolescents with increased weight status
Topic 3 Parental influences and attitudes towards child’s impaired weight status
Unit 2 Communicational Principles and Techniques of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
 5 Topics
Topic 1 Introduction
Topic 2 Overview of Key CBT Theory
Topic 3 Behavioral Techniques on CBT Theory for Dietary Interventions
Topic 4 SMART goals, Appropriate Rewarding, Self-Monitoring and Positive Feedback
Topic 5 Cognitive Reconstruction, Stimulus Control and Problem Solving
Unit 3 Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Communication Skills and Techniques for a Health Professional
 4 Topics
Topic 1 Introduction
Topic 2 The Principles, Processes and Spirit of Motivational Interviewing
Topic 3 Building motivation to change: Person-centered OARS skills to engage children/adolescents and their families in “treatment”
Topic 4 Strengthening commitment to change: Strategies for Evoking Change Talk
Unit 4 The Transtheoretical Model of Change and the Structure of a Health Behavior Change and Counselling Session
 5 Topics
Topic 1 Overview of Key Theory on Transtheoretical Model
Topic 2 Cognitive and Affective Experiential Processes
Topic 3 Behavioral Processes
Topic 4 A Health Behavior Change and Counselling Session Step-by-Step
Topic 5 Other special communication techniques in a health behavior change and counselling session
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Module 5: Health Communication and Counselling on Weight Management of Children/Adolescents at Increased Risk of Obesity Unit 1 Communication with a child or adolescent with abnormal weight status and their family: what we need to know Topic 1 Introduction

Research on childhood risk factors for obesity has focused on energy balance, eating behaviors, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle as well as exposure to obesogenic environments (e.g., food landscapes, family norms around healthy lifestyle).

To effectively prevent or manage children and their families with impaired weight status or at increased risk of obesity there are many psychosocial challenges that should be taken into serious consideration.

Conceptual Model for childhood psychosocial challenges predicting adult obesity and extreme obesity

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