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An Australian psychiatric rehabilitation service developed and implemented the NEW Solutions health promotion programme to address weight gain, dietary practice, and physical inactivity in people with mental illness.
Describes the implementation of a health promotion programme to address obesity and lifestyle factors in people with mental illness.
May guide local programme design in psychiatric care; leaves open efficacy and scalability questions.
The prevalence of people who are overweight or obese is continuing to rise. This is a key risk indicator of preventable morbidity and mortality resulting from many diseases. The increase in the number of obese people is associated with dietary practices and a reduction in physical activity. There is a need to implement strategies for the reduction of obesity in at-risk groups. People with a mental illness are at high risk of many physical illnesses related to behavioural factors, which include poor diet and lack of exercise. Health promotion programmes need to be incorporated into mental-health services to improve the general health and wellbeing of people with a mental illness. An Australian psychiatric rehabilitation service developed and implemented a health promotion programme, NEW Solutions, which aimed to address issues related to weight gain, dietary practice and physical inactivity.
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Lloyd et al. (2003) studied Mental illness and obesity. NEW Solutions health promotion programme was evaluated. An Australian psychiatric rehabilitation service developed and implemented the NEW Solutions health promotion programme to address weight gain, dietary practice, and physical inactivity in people with mental illness.
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