title: Weight management - Facts and fallacies.
abstract: There is a great deal of misunderstanding about the facts around weight loss among health professionals, and the general public. Possible reasons for this include lack of adequate education of doctors in this area, misreporting of health research in the popular media, and a need for further research in some areas. Training doctors in 'lifestyle medicine' may be helpful. Standards of evidence in media reports could be significantly improved.
authors.affiliation: Southern Cross University, and Centre for Health Promotion and Research, New South Wales. eggergj@ozemail.com.au
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D050177:Overweight / Q000628:therapy*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011634:Public Health / Q000379:methods*; D015431:Weight Loss