OBJECTIVES To examine the effect that health professional (HP) advice to lose weight has on overweight and obese adults' motivation to lose weight and attempts to lose weight. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Great Britain. PARTICIPANTS 810 overweight or obese (body mass index ≥25 kg/m(2)) adults. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Participants were asked if they had ever received HP advice to...

Mediation is an important paradigm for dispute resolution. If done properly, it can lead to“win-win” situations and benefit all parties. Thus, the advantage of designing a proficient automated mediator capable of interacting with people during their negotiations is of great importance. Yet, succeeding in this task is difficult due to the diversity of people and their bounded rationality. To be ...