This publication outlines the activities that delivered on behalf of the Ministry of Health during the 2010/11 financial year to implement the:
- Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Adults
- Clinical Guidelines for Weight Management in New Zealand Children and Young People.
All activities included in this document are being developed to support frontline health care workers in the primary care and community health sector who provide healthy weight management advice and treatment to patients/consumers. This includes:
- general practitioners
- practice nurses
- dietitians
- community health workers
- Māori community health workers Pacific community health workers
- other allied health care workers.
Purpose
The purpose of this document is to outline the activities that will be led by the Ministry of Health during the 2010/11 financial year to implement the Guidelines.
All activities included in this document are being developed to support frontline health care workers in the primary care and community health sector who provide healthy weight management advice and treatment to patients/consumers. This includes general practitioners, practice nurses, dieticians, community health workers, Māori community health workers, Pacific community health workers, and other allied health care workers.