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the acquired information and observations from individual consultations presentation of the programme for family treatment of the reduction of obesity 19
with the team members, as well as from individual meetings, the objectives
set and the evaluated results of the measurements of the child and parents. On
team meetings, we passed these bits of information (dietitian, psychologist and
kinesiologist) to project paediatricians. With the information obtained, project
paediatricians were able to focus more easily on the area of c hange - either their
physical or eating habits - during the inspection.
The role of dietitian was to raise awareness of the current eating habits
and behaviour of children and their parents, and a gradual change in them.
Children mostly choose unhealthy food; they eat too little fish and vegetables.
Most of the days they eat irregularly; they leave out breakfast and consume
sweet drinks too often. Their meals mainly consist of energy rich and nutri-
ent poor food (Kotnik et al., 2016). In order to facilitate awareness of life hab-
its (nutrition, exercise, leisure, use of radios, well-being), the team members
made a diary to fill in (covering the field of eating, movement and well-being)
by the families during the first few meetings. The dietitian planned the content
of the workshops according to the Family Treatment Manual to reduce obesity
due to obesity. The contents of the workshops included learning about the ba-
sics of a balanced diet, meal planning, food preparation, learning about prod-
uct declarations (Truden Dobrin et al., 2019). The mentioned content was giv-
en to both parents and children, the difference was only in the way the content
was delivered to the target population (Blaž Kovač et al., 2016). The psycholo-
gists played an important role in the fact that the families contributed success-
fully to their everyday life, which supported the content of the dietitian’s work
with the content of their meetings. For this purpose, their meetings were ex-
changed weekly for both children and parents. The dietitian helped us with the
use of food designs, food packaging, food cards, and various work sheets when
submitting the mentioned contents. She supported these contents with practi-
cal demonstrations (designing a food circle, preparing a healthy plate, showing
the amount of sugar, fat and salt in individual foods). The acquired informa-
tion and knowledge was used together with children to visit the store, where
we compared each other with selected products from the shopping lists of chil-
dren, examined the composition of the selected products, and made the chil-
dren aware of the importance of reading the declarations. The dietitian thus
took the transfer of theory into practice. Furthermore, the dietitian offered
individual counselling to parents of children who were further motivated to
change their dietary habits. Also, the dietitian accompanied some children and
parents who did not want to get involved in the programme, but wanted to have
only individual consultations with her.
The psychologist’s task in the team was primarily motivational. By teach-
ing and demonstrating some useful behavioural cognitive motivation tech-
niques, he helped develop the motivation for change and self-regulation in
both the child and the whole family. The whole team brought the concept of
health closer to parents and children and gradually, through individual group
with the team members, as well as from individual meetings, the objectives
set and the evaluated results of the measurements of the child and parents. On
team meetings, we passed these bits of information (dietitian, psychologist and
kinesiologist) to project paediatricians. With the information obtained, project
paediatricians were able to focus more easily on the area of c hange - either their
physical or eating habits - during the inspection.
The role of dietitian was to raise awareness of the current eating habits
and behaviour of children and their parents, and a gradual change in them.
Children mostly choose unhealthy food; they eat too little fish and vegetables.
Most of the days they eat irregularly; they leave out breakfast and consume
sweet drinks too often. Their meals mainly consist of energy rich and nutri-
ent poor food (Kotnik et al., 2016). In order to facilitate awareness of life hab-
its (nutrition, exercise, leisure, use of radios, well-being), the team members
made a diary to fill in (covering the field of eating, movement and well-being)
by the families during the first few meetings. The dietitian planned the content
of the workshops according to the Family Treatment Manual to reduce obesity
due to obesity. The contents of the workshops included learning about the ba-
sics of a balanced diet, meal planning, food preparation, learning about prod-
uct declarations (Truden Dobrin et al., 2019). The mentioned content was giv-
en to both parents and children, the difference was only in the way the content
was delivered to the target population (Blaž Kovač et al., 2016). The psycholo-
gists played an important role in the fact that the families contributed success-
fully to their everyday life, which supported the content of the dietitian’s work
with the content of their meetings. For this purpose, their meetings were ex-
changed weekly for both children and parents. The dietitian helped us with the
use of food designs, food packaging, food cards, and various work sheets when
submitting the mentioned contents. She supported these contents with practi-
cal demonstrations (designing a food circle, preparing a healthy plate, showing
the amount of sugar, fat and salt in individual foods). The acquired informa-
tion and knowledge was used together with children to visit the store, where
we compared each other with selected products from the shopping lists of chil-
dren, examined the composition of the selected products, and made the chil-
dren aware of the importance of reading the declarations. The dietitian thus
took the transfer of theory into practice. Furthermore, the dietitian offered
individual counselling to parents of children who were further motivated to
change their dietary habits. Also, the dietitian accompanied some children and
parents who did not want to get involved in the programme, but wanted to have
only individual consultations with her.
The psychologist’s task in the team was primarily motivational. By teach-
ing and demonstrating some useful behavioural cognitive motivation tech-
niques, he helped develop the motivation for change and self-regulation in
both the child and the whole family. The whole team brought the concept of
health closer to parents and children and gradually, through individual group
