Changing Eating and Exercise Behaviour: A Handbook for Professionals

Helping clients to adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle involves not only the ability to give accurate and up to date advice but also the skills to motivate clients to act upon such advice. Information alone is often ineffective and approaches that consider the individual’s motivation and readiness to change are necessary if interventions are to be successful. Changing Eating and Exercise Behaviour offers health and fitness professionals clear and comprehensive advice on how to help clients achieve results. It details the core qualities and skills needed by the professional, provides guidance on interviewing styles, assesses the methods of change which can be employed and proposes a model for effective intervention. Based on a combination of scientific evidence and practical clinical experience, this informative book will prove invaluable to those seeking to maximise their efforts and bring about long-term changes in their clients’ dietary and exercise behaviour.