Background Lifestyle behaviours related to smoking, alcohol, nutrition, and physical activity
are leading risk factors for the development of chronic disease. For people in rural areas …

Background Efforts to recruit and retain participants in clinical trials are challenging,
especially in studies that include minority or low-income children. To date, no studies have …

It is the position of Dietitians Australia that clients can receive high‐quality and effective
dietetic services such as Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) delivered via telehealth …

Importance Lifestyle interventions for obesity produce reductions in body weight that can
decrease risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease but are limited by suboptimal …

Background To tackle the problem of obesity and related diseases in Switzerland, cost-
efficient, effective, and innovative primary health care interventions for weight management …

Background: Extending contact with participants after the end of an initial intervention is
associated with successful maintenance of weight loss and behavior change. However, cost …

It is very unlikely that our obesity-promoting environment will change in the near future. It is
therefore mandatory to improve our knowledge of the main factors associated with …

Background: The coronavirus pandemic of 2019 (COVID-19) forced worldwide recognition
and implementation of telehealth as a means of providing continuity of care by varied health …

Lifestyle modification therapy for overweight and obese patients combines specific
recommendations on diet and exercise with behavioral and cognitive procedures and …

Although many interventions are effective for health behavior initiation, maintenance has
proven elusive. Interventions targeting maintenance often extend the duration with which …