Review: The effects of contemporary behavioural weight loss maintenance interventions for long term weight loss: a systematic review

摘要

This is an interesting systematic review which examines the contribution of behavioural weight loss interventions for maintaining a desired body weight over a long period of time. The article makes a contribution to nursing because of the increasingly high levels of obesity affecting the health of many people in Westernised societies. It has an impact on the health of the public and, in turn, the health of nurses caring for populations with increasing levels of obesity. Furthermore, recent studies have shown growing levels of obesity to be particularly problematic amongst nurses themselves, with shift patterns and increasing levels of stress identified as implicating factors. This is clearly a complex area, but one which, as a profession, we have to address as well as ensure that we can clearly demonstrate that we are part of the solution, and not, as it currently stands, part of the problem.