Adult Weight Management
Treatment
Utilize the Nutrition Care Process
Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
Minimize Weight Bias and Stigma
Collaborate with Interprofessional Healthcare Team
Coordinate Care in a Variety of Settings
Number and Frequency of Interactive Contacts
Intervention Duration
Follow-Up Contacts
Telehealth and In-Person Care
Group and Individual Contacts
Payment for Services
Dietary Patterns
Components of a Comprehensive Intervention
- Nutritionally adequate diet with adjusted calories to improve weight outcomes and a nutritionally adequate, energy-balanced diet for weight maintenance;
- Behavioral strategies, including self-monitoring (diet, physical activity, weight);
- Appropriate physical activity to meet client goals (within the RDN’s scope of practice or referral to an exercise practitioner).
Adapt Goals and Interventions
Co-Morbidities
Pharmacotherapy and Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Members of Groups Disproportionately Affected by Overweight or Obesity and Under-Resourced Communities
Recommendation Grading
Overview
Title
Adult Weight Management
Authoring Organization
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Publication Month/Year
October 11, 2022
Last Updated Month/Year
August 29, 2024
Supplemental Implementation Tools
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Document Objectives
To provide evidence-based recommendations on medical nutrition therapy for adult weight management.
Target Patient Population
Overweight/obese adults
Inclusion Criteria
Male, Female, Adult, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Ambulatory, Hospital, Outpatient
Intended Users
Dietician nutritionist, nurse, nurse practitioner, optometrist, physical therapist, physician, physician assistant, psychologist
Scope
Counseling, Diagnosis, Assessment and screening, Treatment, Management, Prevention
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D000068959 - Body Weight Maintenance
Keywords
weight loss, adult weight management, weight gain
Source Citation
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library AWM Workgroup (2022) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline, Chicago, IL.
Supplemental Methodology Resources
Systematic Review Document, Evidence Tables, Data Supplement