Weight loss and eating
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Suitable for:
- Professionals
- Macmillan Professionals
Format: E-Learning
Help people with advanced cancer to manage their weight loss and eating related concerns.
Key Themes
- Definition of weight and eating related concerns and the weight loss taboo
- Evidence base for the Macmillan Approach to Weight loss and Eating (MAWE)
- Communication issues
- The healing value of stories and story telling
- Resolving disagreements
- Self awareness
- Nutrition, including the debate around optimal nutrition; eating well; improving energy and protein intake
- Identifying and responding to self-action
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to all the patients, carers and healthcare professionals involved in the Macmillan Weight and Eating Studies
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