Arm Your Patients with Information

Provide comprehensive brochures to your patients detailing the fine points about your New Direction^® weight management programs. It not only acts as an at-home resource, but it establishes expectations and eliminates misconceptions.

The New Direction VLCD Welcome Brochure provides a program overview, answers commonly asked questions, underscores the importance of medical supervision while on a VLCD, and covers appropriate over the counter medications, potential side effects and guidelines for losing weight safely.
The New Direction LCD Welcome Brochure provides a program overview, answers to commonly asked questions, tips for getting started and guidelines for losing weight safely.

Education Modules

The New Direction System includes a selection of education modules for your staff to use during group sessions. In the behavior, exercise, and nutrition modules, patients learn healthy lifestyle skills and behavioral techniques to sustain weight loss long-term. Education Modules - Topics and Objectives

Practical Weight Management Tools

Healthy Recipes
Meal Planners
Daily activity records

The Calorie Equation

As your patients begin practicing a healthier lifestyle in the maintenance phase of your program, they may at times find meal planning a challenge. In his book, Picure Perfect Weight Loss, Dr. Howard Shapiro uses visual demonstrations of foods to illustrate how individuals can leverage the natural volume of food to help reduce calorie intake. This picture lesson can help your maintenance patients with grocery food choices and portion control.

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