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Client Experiences With Dietary, Exercise, and Behavioral Services in a Community-Based Weight Management Program.

Sam Zizzi¹, Peter Kadushin², Jesse Michel³

¹West Virginia University College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Morgantown, WV, USA szizzi@mail.wvu.edu.

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|October 21, 2015

Summary

Participants in weight management programs valued knowledge gain, new skills, and interpersonal support from nutritionists, trainers, and health counselors. These community-based interventions effectively met client needs.

Keywords:

behavioral therapy nutrition physical activity weight loss weight management

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Area of Science:

Health behavior
Nutrition science
Exercise physiology

Background:

Community-based interventions involve diverse professionals, unlike controlled trials.
Understanding client experiences in scaled evidence-based programs is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore client experiences with nutrition, exercise, and health behavior professionals.
To evaluate client perceptions of a 6-month weight management program.

Main Methods:

Surveyed 958 participants in a weight management program.
Conducted qualitative inductive analysis on open-text survey responses.
Assessed client feedback on interactions with registered dietitians, personal trainers, and health behavior counselors.

Main Results:

Participants reported benefits from knowledge acquisition.
Clients valued learning new behavioral skills.
Interpersonal interactions with professionals were also highlighted as beneficial.

Conclusions:

Community-based weight management professionals provide valued services.
Clients perceive benefits from diverse professional support.
Professionals appear to operate within their scope of practice in these interventions.