The Views of Adult Weight Management Dietitians on Service Provision for People With Obesity and Severe Mental Illness and/or Learning Disability: A Qualitative Study.
Specialist adult weight management (AWM) services (tier 3) provide multidisciplinary support for people with obesity to manage their weight. Many people with severe mental illness (SMI)/learning disability also have obesity. This study explored the opinions of specialist AWM dietitians in the North‐...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition Bulletin Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 459 - 472 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2025
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