Resources

2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services
www.health.gov/paguidelines/
 
Physical Activity Counseling
American Academy of Family Physicians.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0415/p1129.html
 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Department of Health and Human Services.
www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/ 
 
Interventions on Diet and Physical Activity: What Works
World Health Organization (WHO).
http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/whatworks/en/
 
Cessation
Smoking and Tobacco Use. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/by_topic/cessation/

The VERB Campaign: Not About Health, All About Fun: Marketing Physical Activity to Children
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM).
http://www.ajpmonline.org/issue/S0749-3797(08)X0007-8
 
Physician Competencies for Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine
American Medical Association.
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.acpm.org/resource/resmgr/lifestylemedicine-files/jama_lifestylemedicine_07-20.pdf
 
MOVE! Weight Management Program
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
http://www.move.va.gov/

Teaching Tools Recommended Readings

Receipt of evidence-based brief cessation interventions by health professionals and use of cessation assisted treatments among current adult cigarette-only smokers: National Adult Tobacco Survey, 2009-2010
BMC Public Health.
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-2798-2
 
A Meta-Analysis of Smoking Cessation Interventions with Individuals in Substance Abuse Treatment or Recovery
University of California.
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0r8673wv#page-7
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Teaching Tools

Portion Distortion           
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/wecan/eat-right/portion-distortion.htm

Tobacco Cessation Counseling
MedEdPORTAL Publications. Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).          
www.mededportal.org/publication/9341
 
Modifiable Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes
Supercourse Lecture.
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec33611/index.htm
 
Choose my Plate.gov
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
https://www.choosemyplate.gov/
 
Interactive DRI for Healthcare Professionals
Tool to calculate daily nutrient recommendations for dietary planning based on the
Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
https://fnic.nal.usda.gov/fnic/interactiveDRI/