Health professionals' perceptions of weight loss programmes and recommendations for future implementation: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Obesity is an increasing public health challenge and most weight loss programmes are still inadequate to support sustainable weight loss. One reason for the continued lack of success might be the dominant biomedical, individualised approach to weight loss. Holistic approaches that focus on overall health and well-being in addition to weight loss are increasingly recommended. In Denmark, health professionals in the municipalities are responsible for developing and conducting weight loss programmes. The objective of this study was to explore what health professional's perceived as an ideal, holistic weight loss programme that could be feasibly implemented in the municipalities.

Design

A phenomenological-hermeneutical qualitative study was performed using semistructur

SUBMITTER: Jessen-Winge C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677371 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature