{"id":3732,"date":"2025-06-24T13:01:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/?page_id=3732"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:02:59","slug":"weight-management-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/weight-management-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-82fab69e018724d4d194cdc407251b47\">Lasting Changes for Lifelong Health<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99374971ac450f97bbcd73532320177b\">Sustainable weight control one small change at a time<\/h3>\n<div class=\"department-intro\"><div class=\"wc-theme-box\"><h1>UNC Behavioral Weight Management\n             <\/h1>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-2927\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active soliloquy-containersoliloquy-next background-color6495ED soliloquy-theme-karisma no-js\" style=\"max-width:768px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-2927\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-2928 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-2928\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/women-walking-2-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"Two senior black women walking for exercise\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-2 soliloquy-id-2985 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-2985\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-2 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/abundance-apples-blur-349730-1-768x509.jpg\" alt=\"abundance-apples-blur-349730\" \/><\/li><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-3 soliloquy-id-2938 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" id=\"soliloquy-image-2938\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-image-3 soliloquy-preload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/images\/holder.gif\" data-soliloquy-src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/feet-in-fall-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"feet in fall\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><noscript><div class=\"soliloquy-no-js\" style=\"display:none;visibility:hidden;height:0;line-height:0;opacity:0;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/women-walking-2-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"Two senior black women walking for exercise\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/abundance-apples-blur-349730-1-768x509.jpg\" alt=\"abundance-apples-blur-349730\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/fammed\/weightmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/497\/2018\/08\/feet-in-fall-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"feet in fall\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Welcome! 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