Obesity is a chronic, relapsing, neurobehavioural disease with metabolic, biomechanical and psychosocial health consequences. Assessing and treating obesity is a common requirement in primary care consultations. Even when changes are gradual, small and stepwise, they can have long-lasting positive effects. This article by Ole Schmiedel provides evidence-based tools for the successful management of people with obesity
For health of planet, people and budgets, ‘plant-based’ is best
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For health of planet, people and budgets, ‘plant-based’ is best
Thursday 23 January 2020, 10:04 AM

Climate and foods researcher Jono Drew at the Sustainable Healthcare Forum in Wellington last year
“A vegan diet in New Zealand reduces a person’s dietary greenhouse-gas impacts by a third”
A plant-based diet creates the least carbon emiss
References
https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP5996
Drew J, Cleghorn C, Macmillan A et al. Healthy and climate-friendly eating patterns in the New Zealand context. Environmental Health Perspectives 2020;128:1. Online 23 January