Addressing Obesity in a Consultation

Course Overview
Through this course you will learn how to broach weight-loss sensitively and effectively with patients, and devise a patient-centred action plan to improve their dietary or exercise habits.
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About this course
This module concentrates on developing the skills required to work with patients who may be ambivalent about change.Through this course you will learn how to broach weight-loss sensitively and effectively with patients, and devise a patient-centred action plan to improve their dietary or exercise habits. You will look at realistic interactive case examples to provide practice building skills in the following areas:

Module 1: Developing Attitudes and Addressing Barriers
  • The rationale for learning to address obesity proactively and non-judgmentally
  • To reflect on your own attitude to obesity
  • To consider and address your barriers to talking with patients about their weight

Module 2: Basic Motivational Interviewing Skills
  • This module concentrates on developing the skills required to work with patients who may be ambivalent about change.


Module 3: Structuring a Brief Intervention
  • In this module you will learn how to support patients that are ready to make changes through a brief intervention. The module concentrates on behaviour change, but also includes medical interventions and specialist referral where appropriate.

Course authors and designers


Dr Kay Leedham-Green

MBBS, BSc, PG Cert APHE, MA Clin Ed, F HEA | Medical Education Fellow (Education Research)
She has published an action research project how students can be taught to apply evidence-based approaches to discussing obesity with patients in a primary care consultation, delivering the final year teaching on this topic at King's College London, presenting at numerous conferences, developing and delivering a training day for 60 GP teachers.

Florin Ivan

Project Manager, Learning Hub | King's Health Partners