• Assess your patients’ nutrition and physical activity habits as a standard practice.

• Help your patient understand the risk factors that can be impacted by lifestyle choices.

• Provide information about healthy eating options, stress management, and physical
  activity opportunities in your office.

• Discuss healthy eating, stress management, and physical activity during a patient visit.

• Be a role model for healthy choices and adopt office policies that support healthy food
  options, stress management and physical activity.

• Recommend development of a wellness plan for each patient.
   

For more ideas and tips, please refer to these websites:
www.mdaap.org
www.americanheart.org
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/ataglan.htm
www.fha.state.md.us/cphs/cdp/npa