People don’t come to your classes or book sessions with you based on how you teach a sit up, but on how well they perceive you can motivate and inspire them. As we are communicating with them on this basis anyway, perhaps our compulsory training should include a fundamental skill set that incorporates the basic elements of some or all of these techniques.

Further reading Hill, J. and Wyatt, H. (2005) Role of physical activity in preventing and treating obesity, J Appl Physiol 99:765-770. Jeffery, R.W., Wing, R.R., Sherwood, N.E., & Tate, D.F. (2003). Physical activity and weight loss: does prescribing higher physical activity goals improve outcome? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 78(4), 684-/689. Irwin, M.L., Yasui, Y., Ulrich, C.M., Bowen, D., Rudolph, R.E., Schwartz, R.S., et al. (2003). Effect of exercise on total and intra-abdominal body fat in postmenopausal women: a rando- mized controlled trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289(14), 323-/330. Jakicic, J.M., Marcus, B.H., Gallagher, K.I., Napolitano, M., & Lang, W. (2003). Effect of exercise duration and intensity on weight loss in overweight, sedentary women. A randomized trial. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290(10), 1323-1330.

Fogelholm, M. (2005). Walking for the management of obesity. Disease Management and Health Outcomes, 13, 9-18. Fogelholm, M., StallknechtT, B. & Van Baak, M. (2007) ECSS position statement: Exercise and obesity, European Journal of Sport Science, 6:1, 15-24. Wadden TA, CrerandD CE, Brock J (2005) Behavioral treatment of obesity. Psychiatr Clin North Am 28:151–170, ix. Smith –West, D., Dilillo, V., Bursac, Z., Gore, S. and Greene, J. (2007) Motivational Interviewing Improves Weight Loss in Women With Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes Care 30:1081–1087.

THE AUTHOR THE THOR

Janet is one of the UK’s leading experts in mind-body health & fitness. She combines an MSc in Nutrition and Exercise

Science with advanced certifications in a range of psychological therapies, and has extensive experience working in the field of personal development and change. Formerly head of training for a national slimming chain, she opened her own chain of successful health clubs and is now a best selling author, training provider and television presenter.

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ONLINE TO EARN CPD POINTS Please log into the members’ area of the REPs website to give your answers

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What is the current cost of obesity to the NHS each year? Is it: a) £3 billion b) £4 billion c) £5 billion

Does NLP stand for? a) Neurol Linguistic Patterns b) Neuro Linguistic Pathways c) Neuro Linguistic Programming

Does CBT stand for? a) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy b) Controlled Behaviour Therapy c) Complimentary Behaviour Therapy

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