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10 Involving Communities and Individuals
Pages 73-76

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... • Successful obesity treatment requires reaching individuals with the right approach, the right provider, and the right message delivered with the right language at the right time. In the final panel of the workshop, Marsha Schofield, senior director for governance and nutrition services coverage, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, closed the discussion by emphasizing the importance of communities and person-centered care in the treatment of obesity.
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... It is building a design team that is inclusive of all the parties." The variety of needs and communities provides ample opportunities to be creative, Schofield observed. In this way, she suggested, solutions can be based on the unique needs of each community.
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... INVOLVING COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS 75 said, "but we need those people, those patients, to be our experts on how do we implement it." Schofield closed by asserting that successful obesity treatment requires reaching individuals with the right approach, the right provider, and the right message delivered with the right language at the right time. "There are lots of things to get right," she said.
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