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The Next Steps publication has two parts, the Next Steps guide and the Next Steps Flip Chart. The guide is designed for clinicians to help children and adolescents with weight management issues. This handy reference helps the clinician by outlining a series of planned follow-up visits designed to teach evidence-based weight management strategies that can lead to success for the practitioner and patient. Guide contents include Stages of Treatment Themed Visits Strategies for Teenagers Follow-up Signs of a Patient's Success The Next Steps Flip Chart is designed as a tool that gives detailed content and delivery of each theme. Themed visits in the flip chart include Understanding Health Portion Sizes Screen Time and Sleep Meal Patterns and Snacks Bullying and Teasing Next Steps was created through a partnership among the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality, The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center, and the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality.