Adolescent obesity and body-image concerns OSCE — assessment, weight-neutral counselling and staged planning

Station objectives

1. Classify adolescent obesity using BMI-for-age and identify severe-obesity thresholds. ^[1]
2. Screen for comorbidities and for body-image distress, disordered eating, depression and weight-based victimisation. ^{[1] [10]}
3. Deliver weight-neutral lifestyle counselling using motivational interviewing, framed around health behaviours rather than weight. ^{[1] [8]}
4. Integrate mental-health and body-image care into a staged management plan. ^{[8] [15]}