Practice-based evidence for weight management: alliance between primary care and public health

Abstract

University of Sydney, Human Nutrition Unit, Biochemistry Building, G108, NSW 2006 Sydney, Australia, Nutrition Communication through Health Professionals Communication Strategies, Communication Science Social Sciences, Wageningen University, PO Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands, University of California at San Francisco, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, 66 Santa Paula Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127, USA, World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca), University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine, 1100 Delaplaine Court, Madison, WI 53715, USA and UMC St Radboud, Primary & Community Care, PO Box 9101, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. *Correspondence to Gerrit J Hiddink; E-mail: gert.janhiddink@wur.nl Received 26 April 2011; Revised 08 July 2011; Accepted 23 July 2011.