I’ve written many Tips on giving advice. As nutrition counselors that is an important part of our job. To summarize: Motivational Interviewing offers us this format for most effectively couching our education: Elicit what the client already knows and/or needs…

When we provide advice to our clients, we make sure it is based on solid scientific evidence. What about how we deliver the advice? Is there evidence that can direct us here? Indeed, careful Motivational Interviewing research on specific wording…