This presentation will describe the development, implementation, and results of a family medicine residency education program to address obesity prevention in underserved youth in Fort Worth, Texas. The program consisted of educational topics on patient and community engagement. The use of the Americans in Motion - Healthy Interventions framework and tools were used to design an interprofessional group medical education visits for youth and their parent/guardians and for community based health education presentations at several organizations in the neighborhoods that the clinic served. This approach was successful in improving overweight/obesity knowledge, attitudes, and practice patterns for residents in clinic, increased knowledge and health behavior practices in group medical participants, and increased positive engagement with the community in the underserved area that the clinic served.
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