Counseling Overweight Adults
Dr. Robert Kushner
Dr. Kushner is Clinical Director of the Northwestern Comprehensive Center on Obesity in Chicago, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Past President of The Obesity Society, author of over 140 scientific articles on obesity and nutrition, on the editorial board for Obesity, Obesity Management and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, editor of the American Medical Association’s Obesity Primer for Physicians, author of Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkit, Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet and Fitness Unleashed: A Dog and Owner's Guide to Losing Weight and Gaining Health Together.
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Counseling Overweight Adults: The Lifestyle Patterns Approach and Toolkitby Robert F. Kushner, MD, Nancy Kushner, MSN, RN and Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD Publisher: The American Dietetic Association, September, 2008 If it’s a struggle to motivate clients to change their behaviors in order to lose weight, this book is for you. Using Dr. Kushner’s innovative approach, clinicians learn how to uncover and overcome their patient’s unique challenges. Interactive Lifestyle Patterns Quiz, printable forms and pattern-specific educational handouts available on CD-ROM. "I found the book and toolkit to be lifestyle change oriented, evidence-based, easy to use, and overall very practical for helping clients achieve long term success." Reviewed by Jessica Griffin, RD, LD Weight Management Matters Newsletter a dietetic practice group of the ADA Spring 2009 "In sum, the user-friendly Lifestyle Patterns Approach provides health care professionals with tools they can use, even when pressed for time, to help their patients successfully manage their weight." Reviewed by Amy Gorin, PhD, University of Connecticut The American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine July/August 2009 "This is an excellent book by a superb and experienced working clinician. The information is first rate. I learned a lot and I highly recommend it to you." Daniel H. Bessesen, M.D. University of Colorado Denver Obesity and Weight Management Journal Book Review August, 2009 |
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