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Welcome
The Certification Board for Obesity Educators (CBOE)
The CBOE is 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
The objective of the CBOE is to establish an examination-based credential for any qualified healthcare professional that treats obese patients. The credential must rest upon a generally accepted model of obesity treatment that recognizes the condition as a chronic recurring disease.
The problem of course is that there exists no model of obesity treatment that is generally accepted and the definition of qualified healthcare professional is very broad.
During 2007 we assembled a panel of advisors to draft a document that we entitled Certified Obesity Counselor Program. The goal of this effort was to move, as close as is practical, to a document that reflects those aspects of the clinical treatment of obesity that are most important. The goal was not perfection, but rather a result that would be viewed as substantially complete and which could be improved as better practices emerge over time.
The advisory board represented physicians, nurses, dietitians, diabetes educators, psychologists and exercise scientists.
View: Certified Obesity Counselor Program.pdf
The CBOE Vision
The vision of the CBOE is an ever-growing number of obesity counselors certified to a current science-based standard of care.
By enabling all interested clinicians and researchers to focus on a single science-based approach to the treatment of persons with or at risk of obesity we will see the rate of the disease slow, stop, and reverse.
We envision a continuum that begins with a science-based standard of care, certifies qualified healthcare professionals to the standard, and promotes the measurement of outcomes and improved research, which in turn improves the science and the standard of care.
Specific Patient Centered Goals
The specific objectives of the COE program are to:
- Provide formal recognition of a mastery of knowledge about obesity counseling and education.
- Provide a mechanism to demonstrate professional accomplishment and encourage professional growth in the practice of obesity counseling and education.
- Provide to consumers and employers validation of specialized understanding of obesity counseling and education.
- Promote continuing commitment to best practices, current standards and knowledge of obesity counseling and education.
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Copyright 2008 The Certification Board for Obesity Educators.
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