'It's on your conscience all the time': a systematic review of qualitative studies examining views on obesity among young people aged 12-18 years in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the perspectives of young people in the UK on obesity, body size, shape and weight.

Design

Systematic review of qualitative studies using thematic synthesis.

Data sources

Sensitive searches of 18 electronic databases from 1997 to February 2010 supplemented by grey literature searches.

Study selection

Studies produced since 1997 using qualitative methods to collect perspectives of people aged 12-18 years in the UK, reporting methods for data collection or analysis. Studies of people with eating disorders and those rated low in reliability and usefulness were excluded.

Results

Searches identified 30 studies involving over 1400 young people from a range of contexts. Young people of all sizes placed considerable emphasis on personal resp

SUBMITTER: Rees RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4010837 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature