'Changing health behaviours : weight control' is one in a series of evidence-based essays focussing on specific health-related issues and topics, taken from the Bandolier Extra collection. Authored by Dr Kate Parmenter and published in December 2001, this essay provides some practical, evidence based information for those wishing to lose weight and for health professionals who are giving advice. From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/wlos.pdf