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Teaching healthy eating

01 December 2009

Primary Health Care

Child health

Children need to learn about healthier lifestyles while they are at school, but to achieve this schools need practical support. The hunky Foods programme is a...

Diet and weight management

20 August 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically over recent years and the health risks associated with obesity are well known. The author discusses the dietary...

Healthcare professionals’ knowledge of calories

23 January 2013

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To determine healthcare professionals’ knowledge of the calorie content of foods and the relationship to weight maintenance. Method A cross-sectional...

Weight management through the development of a healthy lifestyle

01 March 2011

Primary Health Care

General

This article will look at the difference between weight management and dieting and will suggest some of the ways that healthcare professionals can help adults to...

Weight management programme for children

04 June 2010

Primary Health Care

General

NHS Telford and Wrekin is working with Coventry University to develop, implement and evaluate a local weight management programme for children and their families...

MEND programmes: community solutions to a national problem

09 July 2009

Primary Health Care

General

Preliminary data suggest that the prevalence of childhood obesity may be plateauing. The MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do it!) programme, which works with local...

Working together to manage a programme of weight loss

03 December 2010

Primary Health Care

General

Commercial organisations are well placed to provide regular support for weight management that is difficult to achieve with limited NHS resources. Referral from...

Investigating the attitudes of nurses who are obese

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Aim Aim To investigate the attitudes, motivations and behaviours of, and the uptake of workplace health initiatives by, nurses who are obese. Method Method Nurses...

Understanding the link between obesity and diabetes

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

The incidence of type 2 diabetes is rising alongside increasing rates of obesity, in part because of people's lifestyle behaviours, such as an unhealthy diet and a...

Tackling the subject of weight with patients: the difficult conversation

02 March 2015

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

Being overweight carries with it a range of health risks, including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnoea, musculoskeletal problems and cancer....

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