Understanding eating behaviours in Spanish women enrolled in a weight-loss treatment.

Aim: To identify the beliefs and attitudes of a sample of obese and overweight Spanish women undertaking a weight-loss treatment.

Background: Obesity is a global epidemic. Weight-loss treatments focus on changing eating behaviours; however, many patients fail to adhere to the diet.

Health-related beliefs and behaviours of health visitors in Scotland.

There is some evidence that health professionals' performance of health promotion activities is strongly influenced by their own health beliefs and health-related behaviours. In the light of the current trend in health policies in Scotland and elsewhere towards a health promotion focus, this study sought to gain a description of, and to identify an association between, health beliefs and health-related behaviours among a sample of Scottish health visitors. A questionnaire was sent to randomly selected health visitors in a large Scottish city.