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Promoting healthy eating and weight loss

08 April 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

A weight reduction club for people with learning disabilities helped participants to each lose 5.9kg on average over a 12-month period. In this article Jeff Bartley...

Low maternal weight: effects on maternal and infant health during pregnancy

26 September 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

A healthy body weight on conception and adequate weight gain during pregnancy are important to ensure that mother and baby remain well. A low maternal weight and...

Obesity and surgical approaches to its treatment in the UK

01 June 2006

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

Overweight and obesity are now known to increase the risk of developing several cancers including breast, colon, oesophageal, endometrial (Bianchini 2002). Once...

Drastic measures

08 December 2009

Nursing Standard

Features

The number of surgical procedures for obesity in the NHS has increased by 40 per cent in a year. However, primary care follow-up could improve.

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...

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....

Venous thromboembolism: reducing the risk

09 September 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article demonstrates how services provided in minor injury units (MIUs) and emergency departments (EDs) can be improved by the implementation of routine...

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...

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