Doctors and nurses talk and listen to patients more often than they perform any other procedure (Fallowfield & Jenkins, 1999). Addressing these lifestyle behaviours with parents early in children's lives could help prevent obesity and its health‐related consequences.Įffective communication is the foundation of therapeutic relationships in health care (Windover et al., 2014) and can positively influence health outcomes (e.g., emotional wellbeing and pain control (Street, Makoul, Arora, & Epstein, 2009)). Obesity and its consequences are associated with factors that are amenable to change such as dietary and physical activity (PA) behaviours. Overweight children are at greater risk of health problems later in life, both physical (e.g., asthma, type 2 diabetes) and psychological (e.g., low self‐esteem, loneliness) (van Grieken, Renders, Wijtzes, Hirasing, & Raat, 2013). Childhood obesity is one of the most serious current global public health challenges (WHO, 2014).
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