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Family Practice Vol. 17, No. 2, 197-202
© Oxford University Press 2000

Nutrition and the health care agenda: a primary care perspective

Helen Moore, Ashley J Adamsona, Timothy Gillb and Colin Wainec

Centre for Research in Primary Care, Nuffield Institute for Health, University of Leeds, 71–75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL,
a Human Nutrition Research Centre, University of Newcastle upon Tyne,
b Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen and
c Sunderland Health Authority, Sunderland, UK.

The current climate of prioritizing in the NHS brings into focus the debate surrounding efficient and effective management of conditions associated with the modern lifestyle. In any such debate, nutrition should be considered a primary issue as there is now international consensus regarding the optimum diet for the prevention of both coronary heart disease and cancer. Over recent years, government has stated that primary care is in an ideal setting to provide nutrition education to the public. However, we present the case that there currently is a mismatch between the attitude of the public, who appear willing to accept dietary advice from primary care professionals, and the reluctance on behalf of these professionals to fulfil this role. Dissatisfaction with the quality of nutrition education received by those working in primary care is often cited as a barrier to providing dietary advice to patients. With that in mind, we go on to discuss educational strategies that may motivate primary care staff to increase their involvement in providing dietary advice for their patients. The challenge to those involved in the delivery of nutrition training to primary care professionals is to convince them that dietary intervention is worthwhile and that they can make a positive contribution to dietary change within the current organization of primary care. Increasing motivation is an essential outcome of such training, along with providing the skills and knowledge to fulfil this role. The contribution which diet could make is significant and, in this time of questioning priorities, the role of nutrition needs to be put firmly on the health care agenda.

Keywords. Diet, dietary intervention, nutrition education, primary care.


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