• focus on lifestyle management;
• define healthy weight, overweight, and obesity;
• emphasize the health benefits of losing weight, even
just a few pounds;
• address ways to overcome barriers, manage stress, and
increase self-efficacy;
• use ways other than BMI to assess weight status and
health risk;
• acknowledge that it is okay to be motivated by appearance;
• emphasize the relationship between weight and
chronic diseases;
• emphasize the importance of physical activity and suggest
ways to increase physical activity throughout the
day; and
• emphasize the importance of maintaining a healthy
weight, not just losing weight.