Coaching and barriers to weight loss: an integrative review.

Introduction: Coaching is proposed to raise a patient's awareness and responsibility for their health behaviour change by transforming the professional-patient relationship.

Objective: To review the scientific literature on how coaching can assist in weight loss and improve a patient's state of health.

Methodology: An integrative literature search was performed using PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, and Scientific Electronic Library Online.