Healthcare Resources

Healthcare can help individuals achieve and maintain a healthy weight and can support environments and policies that enable individuals to carry out their personal health prescriptions. Clinicians and healthcare professionals can advocate for more time spent to counsel overweight and obese patients, and they can refer appropriately to community-based resources.

Click here to learn about Healthcare-specific strategies from the NC Plan to Address Overweight and Obesity. Each strategy represents the best available evidence.

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Breastfeeding-Friendly Employers and Community Partners Award
Become a breastfeeding-friendly business, community organization, or employer.
Bring Fresh Produce to Your Setting Guide
Help to make fresh fruits and vegetables available to buy in your local worksite, place of worship or neighborhood.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Access program resources that aim to provide nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults in qualifying non-residental care facilities.
Eat Smart, Move More, Prevent Diabetes
This CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program is an online 12-month lifestyle change program, proven to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes.
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Program
Participate in a 15-week group weight management program.
EFNEP’s Families Resource
Provide nutrition education to limited-resource families. Handouts are available in Spanish and English.
Guide to Making Physical Activity a Part of Meetings, Conference and Events
Include physical activity in meetings, conferences and other events.
Health Impact Assessments
Learn more about this decision-making process used to determine how a project, policy or program might influence health.
Healthy Meeting Guide
Serve healthier foods at meetings and events.
Making It Work Tool Kit
Use this resource to help breastfeeding mothers return to work.
Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol
Follow these guidelines for nutrition visits with overweight children.
Motivational Interviewing Resources
Use this cognitive behavioral technique with patients.
Motivational Posters
Download and display posters that encourage people to make healthy choices.
Move More, Walk Now
Discover walking tips, tools and guides for walkers, hikers and organizers.
NC Early Childhood Action Plan
North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Family Friendly Clinic Award
Become a breastfeeding-friendly outpatient clinic.
Obesity-related CPT Codes
Identify services and procedures reimbursable by Medicaid that may be related to obesity.
PAN Behaviors Monitoring Form
Document and monitor select physical activity and nutrition behaviors.
Pediatric Obesity Clinical Tools
Prevent, assess and treat childhood overweight and obesity.
Pediatric Weight Management Programs
Learn about centers that provide intensive, multi-disciplinary care and treatment for childhood obesity.
Promoting Healthy Weight for Young Children
A Blueprint for Preventing Early Childhood Obesity in North Carolina.
Snacks and Drinks Guide
Learn about healthier snack and drink options.
Stairwell Guide
Encourage people to move more with a stairwell initiative. Posters are available to download.
Stoplight Food Guide
Direct clients to healthier food and drink options with this visual guide.
Walking Map Guide
Promote safe walking routes in your community.

Breastfeeding-Friendly Employers and Community Partners Award
Become a breastfeeding-friendly business, community organization, or employer.
Bring Fresh Produce to Your Setting Guide
Help to make fresh fruits and vegetables available to buy in your local worksite, place of worship or neighborhood.
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
Access program resources that aim to provide nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and adults in qualifying non-residental care facilities.
Eat Smart, Move More, Prevent Diabetes
This CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program is an online 12-month lifestyle change program, proven to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes.
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Program
Participate in a 15-week group weight management program.
EFNEP’s Families Resource
Provide nutrition education to limited-resource families. Handouts are available in Spanish and English.
Healthy Meeting Guide
Serve healthier foods at meetings and events.
Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol
Follow these guidelines for nutrition visits with overweight children.
Motivational Interviewing Resources
Use this cognitive behavioral technique with patients.
Motivational Posters
Download and display posters that encourage people to make healthy choices.
PAN Behaviors Monitoring Form
Document and monitor select physical activity and nutrition behaviors.
Pediatric Obesity Clinical Tools
Prevent, assess and treat childhood overweight and obesity.
Pediatric Weight Management Programs
Learn about centers that provide intensive, multi-disciplinary care and treatment for childhood obesity.
Snacks and Drinks Guide
Learn about healthier snack and drink options.
Stoplight Food Guide
Direct clients to healthier food and drink options with this visual guide.

Eat Smart, Move More, Prevent Diabetes
This CDC-recognized diabetes prevention program is an online 12-month lifestyle change program, proven to prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes.
Eat Smart, Move More, Weigh Less Program
Participate in a 15-week group weight management program.
EFNEP’s Families Resource
Provide nutrition education to limited-resource families. Handouts are available in Spanish and English.
Guide to Making Physical Activity a Part of Meetings, Conference and Events
Include physical activity in meetings, conferences and other events.
Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol
Follow these guidelines for nutrition visits with overweight children.
Motivational Interviewing Resources
Use this cognitive behavioral technique with patients.
Motivational Posters
Download and display posters that encourage people to make healthy choices.
Move More, Walk Now
Discover walking tips, tools and guides for walkers, hikers and organizers.
PAN Behaviors Monitoring Form
Document and monitor select physical activity and nutrition behaviors.
Pediatric Obesity Clinical Tools
Prevent, assess and treat childhood overweight and obesity.
Pediatric Weight Management Programs
Learn about centers that provide intensive, multi-disciplinary care and treatment for childhood obesity.
Stairwell Guide
Encourage people to move more with a stairwell initiative. Posters are available to download.
Walking Map Guide
Promote safe walking routes in your community.

Breastfeeding-Friendly Employers and Community Partners Award
Become a breastfeeding-friendly business, community organization, or employer.
Health Impact Assessments
Learn more about this decision-making process used to determine how a project, policy or program might influence health.
Making It Work Tool Kit
Use this resource to help breastfeeding mothers return to work.
NC Early Childhood Action Plan
North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition Family Friendly Clinic Award
Become a breastfeeding-friendly outpatient clinic.
Obesity-related CPT Codes
Identify services and procedures reimbursable by Medicaid that may be related to obesity.
Promoting Healthy Weight for Young Children
A Blueprint for Preventing Early Childhood Obesity in North Carolina.