OBJECTIVE: To compare two group treatment programmes for obese outpatients. Both programmes included behaviour modification, nutrition counselling, very-low-calorie diet (VLCD) and a continuous ...

Setting, participants, interventions Seven electronic databases were searched to January 2018. Published randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or non-randomised studies examining an intervention to ...

Objective Telemonitoring (TM) remotely monitors individuals’ health. Awareness of personal clinical data has resulted in improved glycaemic control in adults with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

This manuscript is part of a special issue to commemorate professor Paul Eelen, who passed away on August 21, 2016. Paul was a clinically oriented scientist, for whom learning principles (Pavlovian or ...

I received an email from a mother which said only five words: “My child is spoilt, help!” I thought it was quite funny, especially asking for my help as I am not yet a mother. However, what I do know ...

FOR the past few weeks, I have been writing about healthy divorces and co-parenting. I received an email from a parent who stated only eight words – “my child is spoilt from my divorce, help!” I ...

1 St. Louis College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana. 2 Counselling Centre, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. 3 Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana. This study was guided by the following ...