COUNSELING SUPPORT TOOL (continued)

Decorative Image: Image of the counseling support tool

Speaker Notes:

Let's see how the Counseling Support Tool works while reviewing two of the questions.

Question 1: How many days a week do you do physical activity? (There are five possible answers.)

• If your patient answered either seven days or 5–6 days, then no change is needed since she is meeting the guidelines

• If your patient gave any of the highlighted answers, then she is not meeting the guidelines of engaging in at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily. So the recommendation that you can write down in the Guide is to "be more physically active for at least 30 minutes a day, most days of the week," and you can refer her to pages 13–15 of the Guide and the Tip Sheets on Daily Physical Activity, Getting Started, Walking, and/or Physical Disabilities

For young women, 60 minutes of physical activity is recommended most days of the week, preferably daily.