Overweight
Counseling Sample For:
- Overweight
Possible Key Points To Discuss During Counseling:
- Weight and tape standards per AR 600-9
- The impact on the soldier’s career for failing the Army’s weight standards
- Flagging action placed on the soldier and it’s impact
- Placed in the unit’s overweight physical fitness program
- Medical screening
- Nutrition Class
- Monthly weigh-in Consequences of failing to meet the standards of successful progress in losing weight while on the overweight program
Possible Plans of Action:
- Get enrolled in the unit’s overweight physical fitness program
- Attend the Nutrition class
- Use the advise from the Nutrition class for a diet and sticking with the diet
- Weigh in every two to three days to monitor weight loss
- Inform the chain-of-command of any medical problems that may come up
Possible Leader Responsibilities:
- Enroll the soldier in the unit’s overweight program
- Flag soldier for overweight
- Schedule the soldier for a medical screening
- Schedule the soldier for a Nutrition class
- Monitor the soldier’s progress and weigh soldier every 30 days
- Do PT with the soldier to give him/her moral support