Family Practice Vol. 16, No. 4, 447-448
© Oxford University Press 1999
Book Reviews |
Changing eating and exercise behaviour: a handbook for professionals.
Lecturer in Primary Care Development, University of Leeds and Honorary Senior Research, Associate at the Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle, with 7 years experience as a primary care dietitian
Paula Hunt, Melvyn Hillsdon. (208 pages, £17.99.) Blackwell Science Ltd, 1996. ISBN 0-632-03927-2.
Since the 1970s the importance of lifestyle change and the role of health professionals in helping people to achieve this has been recognized. However, their apparent lack of success has left many practitioners despondent. Most of us are poorly equipped to