title: Strategies to enhance effectiveness of individual based nutrition communications.
abstract: Lifestyle modifications, including dietary and physical activity, are treatments for many chronic health conditions. Therefore, there is continued interest in improving the quantity and quality of nutrition information provided to the patient by the physician. This paper reviews the evidence to support motivational interviewing and other similar strategies for nutrition communications. Limited but positive data were found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. kolasaka@mail.ecu.edu
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kolasa
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D009042:Motivation; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations