Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkit

Kushner, Robert F., M.D.; Nancy Kushner; Dawn Blatner

ISBN 10: 088091422X / ISBN 13: 9780880914222

Verlag: Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, 2008

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G088091422XI4N10

Inhaltsangabe:

If it's a struggle motivating clients to change their behavior in order to lose weight, this book is for you. In it, you'll find tools and resources designed to help you and your patient pinpoint and successfully overcome specific weight loss obstacles. Based on a unique strategy developed by Dr. Robert Kushner, the content is structured around three key areas of weight management: * Eating Patterns * Exercise Patterns * Coping Patterns The book will walk you through the Lifestyle Patterns Inventory, a key instrument that will reveal the eating, exercise and coping styles of a particular patient. It provides tools, sample dialogues and counseling tips that will help you tailor strategies for your client's unique needs. The accompanying CD-ROM includes: * An interactive version of the Lifestyle Patterns Quiz that tabulates the results and presents them in useful graphs * Handouts that you can print out when you need them * Helpful forms to use with the patient, including a food and activity log, a progress tracking chart and much more. The CD-ROM should autorun on most personal computers

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle ...
Verlag: Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket