Abstract
Over 80% of Americans are not exercising enough to maintain physical and mental health (possibly resulting in obesity, diabetes, depression, and more): inactivity links with more deaths than smoking. Over 70% of Americans are overweight: over 30% of adults are considered obese as are about 20% of 12-19 year olds. Obesity can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, cancers, and other serious complications. Furthermore, U.S. physicians report insufficient patient feedback—asking questions, noting details of symptoms. A holistic health coach is neither a licensed nutritionist nor a trained physician, yet can help a client remedy these, and other, concerns through raising awareness and increasing their taking control of healthy habits. The focus is on the wholeness of each client—what they eat, how they live, what choices they make, and how satisfied they are with their lifestyle. My intent as a health coach is for clients to be able to coach themselves. This presentation’s goal is to empower participants to become integral in bettering their own health, through understanding holistic health coach practices, and learning how to apply them.
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Health Promotion and Education
KEYWORDS
Patient Empowerment, Holistic Health Coach, Personal Wellness, Self-Help, Physician-Patient Relationship
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