Should her parents be included? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
• Family counseling is very important and improves weight management outcomes.
• Degree of counseling format depends on the family dynamics and should be determined by the professional's discretion (ex.: group vs. individual, caregiver and child vs. parent, etc.)
• Parents need to be ready to make lifestyle changes to support the child/adolescent with cognitive behavior strategies.
• Parental modeling has advantages in children under 12 years of age
• Components include:
- nutrition education on lifestyle behaviors and their relationship to chronic disease development
- modification of the home/school environment to enable the adolescent to make wise food choices
- self-monitoring and motivation to change by modeling behaviors and contracting
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