Nutrition and physical activity guidance practices in general practice: A critical review

A Systematic Review of Life Skill Development Through Sports Programs Serving Socially Vulnerable Youth

“…When the first and second author disagreed about the rigor assessment of a study, they discussed it with the third author, who also read all 22 studies. Studies that received fewer than 5 points were assigned low rigor, studies that received 5 points to 7 points were assigned medium rigor, and studies that received 8 or more points were assigned high rigor (Van Dillen, Van Binsbergen, Koelen, & Hiddink, 2013). At the end of this stage, we excluded 4 studies because they were of low rigor, leaving 18 studies in the synthesis.…”

Present and future of nutrition guidance : lifestyle advice in primary care

“…We also recommended the combination of both nutrition and physical activity guidance in general practice. In our critical review of nutrition and physical activity guidance practices in general practice, we aimed to provide insight into the main outcomes of research on communication about nutrition and /or physical activity between GPs and patients, for prevention or treatment of overweight and obesity (Jan 1995-Jan 2012, 41 studies) (128). More studies were found about the guidance of obese patients than of overweight patients.…”

“…GPs' provision of combined lifestyle advice to overweight and obese patients seemed to be rather low. The practice implication is that observational research is needed to unravel the quality of the advice given by GPs to these patients (128).…”

Clues to maintaining calorie restriction? Psychosocial profiles of successful long-term restrictors☆☆Acknowledgments: The authors gratefully recognize the extraordinary hard work of Trissa McClatchey, Wanda Truong, David Lowry, Jacob Miller, Becky Kim, Lydia Russell-Roy, and Alex Russell. Our deepest gratitude goes to all participants in this study, as well as grateful acknowledgement of the time, effort, and dedication they generously provided. The authors also wish to express special thanks to Paul McGlo

“…While dieting – defined here as calorie restriction (CR)– does result in initial weight-loss and is a common clinical recommendation for weight-loss (van Dillen, van Binsbergen, Koelen, & Hiddink, 2013), randomized controlled trials of dieting demonstrate average maintained weight-loss below 1 kg (2.1 lbs; Tomiyama, Ahlstrom, & Mann, 2013). The real challenge then is maintenance; accordingly, dieting research has found the average man could sustain CR for only six weeks and the average woman only four (Williamson, Serdula, Anda, Levy, & Byers, 1992).…”