CSOWM Exam- Assessment Question and answers already passed 2026
1. What are causes
Metabolic
of Obesity?
factors
Genetics
Psychological
Disease(s)
Medication(s)
Environment
Food Choices
Socioeconomic Factors
Exercise/Level of activity
Smoking Cessation and
ettorts
Hormones, Endocrine factors (DM/thyroid)
Race, sex, age factors
Ethnic and cultural
factors Pregnancy and
menopause Hx of
gestational DM
Lactation Hx (in
mothers)
2. What can Obesity It impacts
impact? obesity?
3. Who is involved
in the interdisci-
plinary care team
for patients with
, and Everyday
living.
Physicians: surgeons, obesity medicine specialists, PCPs
Advanced HC Providers: Nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Clinical nurse
specialists
Nursing Nutriton
Behavioral Health Providers
Pharmacists/pharmacologists
Exercise specialists
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, CSOWM Exam- Assessment
Clinical reviewer
Coordinator
Navigators
Researchers
Educators
Politicians
Parents
Other
4. When develop- Prochaska and Di Clemente's Transtheoretical Model on Readiness to
ing a treatment Change and Stages of Change.
plan for an in-
dividual, what
is usually used
to assess
readiness for
change?
Pre-contemplation
5. What are the Contemplation
stages of Preparation
change? Action
Maintenance
Patients are not willing to change and appears to be resistant and
6. What does unmotivated. "I don't have a problem. "
the Pre-contem- Do not engage**
plation stage en-
tail?
Patient is ambivalent or uncertain as to whether they want to make
7. What does a change "I might have a problem"
the Contempla- Consider engaging**
tion stage entail?
, 8.
1. What are causes
Metabolic
of Obesity?
factors
Genetics
Psychological
Disease(s)
Medication(s)
Environment
Food Choices
Socioeconomic Factors
Exercise/Level of activity
Smoking Cessation and
ettorts
Hormones, Endocrine factors (DM/thyroid)
Race, sex, age factors
Ethnic and cultural
factors Pregnancy and
menopause Hx of
gestational DM
Lactation Hx (in
mothers)
2. What can Obesity It impacts
impact? obesity?
3. Who is involved
in the interdisci-
plinary care team
for patients with
, and Everyday
living.
Physicians: surgeons, obesity medicine specialists, PCPs
Advanced HC Providers: Nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Clinical nurse
specialists
Nursing Nutriton
Behavioral Health Providers
Pharmacists/pharmacologists
Exercise specialists
m
, CSOWM Exam- Assessment
Clinical reviewer
Coordinator
Navigators
Researchers
Educators
Politicians
Parents
Other
4. When develop- Prochaska and Di Clemente's Transtheoretical Model on Readiness to
ing a treatment Change and Stages of Change.
plan for an in-
dividual, what
is usually used
to assess
readiness for
change?
Pre-contemplation
5. What are the Contemplation
stages of Preparation
change? Action
Maintenance
Patients are not willing to change and appears to be resistant and
6. What does unmotivated. "I don't have a problem. "
the Pre-contem- Do not engage**
plation stage en-
tail?
Patient is ambivalent or uncertain as to whether they want to make
7. What does a change "I might have a problem"
the Contempla- Consider engaging**
tion stage entail?
, 8.
