Weight Management : a Practitioner's Guide

Weight Management : a Practitioner's Guide / Dympna Pearson, Clare Grace.

"An increasingly wide range of patients of different age, ethnicity and social background often combined with other clinical conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease or osteoporosis now find themselves battling against obesity and many health professionals become frustrated, feeling...

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Main Author: Pearson, Dympna
Other Authors: Grace, Clare
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Subjects:
Obesity > Treatment.
Reducing diets.
Exercise therapy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Nutrition.
MEDICAL > Endocrinology & Metabolism.
MEDICAL > Nutrition.
Exercise therapy
Obesity > Treatment
Reducing diets
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Table of Contents:
  • Why treat obesity?
  • Health professionals' attitudes towards obesity and its management
  • Treatment options: the evidence for what works
  • Preventing overweight and obesity
  • Providing a person-centered weight management service
  • Building a picture: the assessment
  • Finding solutions: supporting patients to establish a solid foundation
  • Next steps: continuing to develop expertise
  • Staying on track: weight maintenance
  • Getting the most out of brief contacts
  • Evaluating individual weight-management interventions
  • Common challenges and misconceptions.

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