title: Food choices in primary care: a summary of the evidence.
abstract: One of the main challenges facing primary care health care professionals is trying to encourage people to change their diet and to help them maintain that change. There is evidence that primary care interventions can influence food choice and this article highlights the factors that influence food choice, focusing on those studies that are most relevant to nurses.
authors.affiliation: British Nutrition Foundation, London.
authors.forename: Brigid
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McKevith
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stanner
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butriss
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology