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What health educators need to know : a review of strategies and approaches in the management of obesity Woo, Paula

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This paper examines educational strategies and approaches used to treat and prevent obesity. Drawing from the current literature as well as internet and televised media on the treatment and prevention of overweight and obesity, four approaches along a continuum of individualistic and participatory paradigms are identified: treatment, behavioural change, community engagement and environmental approach. Turning from the causes of obesity to possible solutions, the rest of the paper discusses the importance of the health educator‟s role in understanding limitations of each of these paradigms.

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Title
What health educators need to know : a review of strategies and approaches in the management of obesity
Creator
Woo, Paula
Date Issued
2011-07
Description
This paper examines educational strategies and approaches used to treat and prevent obesity. Drawing from the current literature as well as internet and televised media on the treatment and prevention of overweight and obesity, four approaches along a continuum of individualistic and participatory paradigms are identified: treatment, behavioural change, community engagement and environmental approach. Turning from the causes of obesity to possible solutions, the rest of the paper discusses the importance of the health educator‟s role in understanding limitations of each of these paradigms.
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Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDST 590
Date Available
2011-08-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0055394
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36525
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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