An online course supporting pharmacy teams to manage adult obesity, deliver tier‑two weight management services, initiate sensitive conversations and select appropriate interventions for people's weight-loss journeys.
Learning outcomes
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
- outline the epidemiology of obesity
- use appropriate equipment and techniques to measure and categorise a person's degree of overweight or obesity
- describe the determinants and health risks of being overweight or obese and the benefits of maintaining a healthy weight
- assess a person's readiness to lose weight and willingness to modify behaviour to achieve and maintain an appropriate target weight
- describe a range of motivational and behavioural techniques to support weight management
- discuss the role of diet, physical activity, medicines and surgery in the management of weight and provide practical healthy lifestyle advice
- select the most appropriate intervention or referral pathway to other primary/secondary care specialist services where necessary, in line with local and national weight management strategies
- describe and implement a community pharmacy weight management service.
How to use this programme
You can access this e-learning programme using a web browser on any device. You will need to be connected to the internet while you work through it.
Learning intended for
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy technicians
- Trainee pharmacists
