Part 1: Assessment
Weight | Activity | Variety | Excess

Activity

Ask patient about any physical activity in the past week: walking briskly, jogging, gardening, swimming, biking, dancing, golf, etc.

1. Does patient do 30 minutes of moderate activity on most days/week?
2. Does patient do "lifestyle" activity like taking the stairs instead of elevators, etc?
3. Does patient usually watch less than 2 hours TV or videos/day?

If patient answers NO to above questions, assess whether patient is willing to increase physical activity. How to assess activity.

Part 2: Recommendations

.The WAVE nutrition pocket guide was developed by Claudia Barner PhD, RD, Judith Wylie-Rosett EdD, RD, Kim Gans PhD, MPH, LDN and members of the Patient and Practice Resources Committee, NIH Nutrition Academic Award with funds from NIH NAA grant HL03924.