OBESITY & WEIGHT MANAGEMENT FINAL
EXAM 2026 | COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE &
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, What type of risk assessment, screening tests and Risk assessment: parental obesity, poor nutrition, low physical activity, inadequate
interventions does the USPSTF recommend for children sleep, sedentary behavior, and low family income
and adolescents 6 years of age and older?
Screening tests: BMI, age specific and sex specific for 95th percentile or greater
Interventions: comprehensive and intensive behavioral interventions
What were the most effective interventions reported by comprehensive & high intensity
the USPSTF? - intensive: 12-26 session in a year
- multicomponent: group, individual, mixed, technology-based, print-based
- behavioral: improving nutrition, physical activity, self-monitoring, goal-setting,
problem-solving
What are the 4 main goals recommended by the IOM? 1. promote consumption of nutritious foods & encourage breast feeding during
infancy
2. help adults increase PA & decrease sedentary behavior in young children
3. help adults increase children's healthy eating
4. Create a healthful eating environment that is responsive to children's hunger
and fullness cues.
OBESITY & BEHAVIOR THERAPY OBESITY & BEHAVIOR THERAPY
What is self-efficacy? An individual's confidence that they can engage in and sustain a healthy behavior
even in the face of dynamic / challenging environmental factors
How do you assess a client's self-efficacy? - Have they ever had successful or unsuccessful attempts at weight management?
What factors were involved in previous attempts?
- How do family, friends, and co-workers influence their choices? Motivation?
- Do they have readily available resources for weight management therapy? (time
& cost)
What perceptions influence motivation? How do these internal locus of control: perception that personal outcomes are determined by
perceptions influence self-efficacy? personal actions
- reflects autonomy and competence
- people with this are: more resilient, display better self-control, tend to have
higher self-efficacy, are more intrinsically motivated
external locus of control: a person's perception that personal outcomes are
determined by other people's actions, external circumstances, or chance
- reflects relatedness
- opposite of internal
EXAM 2026 | COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE &
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
| GRADED A+ | GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers
100% Verified Exam Prep and Comprehensive
Rationales Included
, What type of risk assessment, screening tests and Risk assessment: parental obesity, poor nutrition, low physical activity, inadequate
interventions does the USPSTF recommend for children sleep, sedentary behavior, and low family income
and adolescents 6 years of age and older?
Screening tests: BMI, age specific and sex specific for 95th percentile or greater
Interventions: comprehensive and intensive behavioral interventions
What were the most effective interventions reported by comprehensive & high intensity
the USPSTF? - intensive: 12-26 session in a year
- multicomponent: group, individual, mixed, technology-based, print-based
- behavioral: improving nutrition, physical activity, self-monitoring, goal-setting,
problem-solving
What are the 4 main goals recommended by the IOM? 1. promote consumption of nutritious foods & encourage breast feeding during
infancy
2. help adults increase PA & decrease sedentary behavior in young children
3. help adults increase children's healthy eating
4. Create a healthful eating environment that is responsive to children's hunger
and fullness cues.
OBESITY & BEHAVIOR THERAPY OBESITY & BEHAVIOR THERAPY
What is self-efficacy? An individual's confidence that they can engage in and sustain a healthy behavior
even in the face of dynamic / challenging environmental factors
How do you assess a client's self-efficacy? - Have they ever had successful or unsuccessful attempts at weight management?
What factors were involved in previous attempts?
- How do family, friends, and co-workers influence their choices? Motivation?
- Do they have readily available resources for weight management therapy? (time
& cost)
What perceptions influence motivation? How do these internal locus of control: perception that personal outcomes are determined by
perceptions influence self-efficacy? personal actions
- reflects autonomy and competence
- people with this are: more resilient, display better self-control, tend to have
higher self-efficacy, are more intrinsically motivated
external locus of control: a person's perception that personal outcomes are
determined by other people's actions, external circumstances, or chance
- reflects relatedness
- opposite of internal
