Insights into the challenges and facilitators to physical activity among brooklyn teens enroled in a weight management programme.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

A qualitative study was carried out to explore obese adolescents' understanding of physical activity, perceptions of the ideal body type and to identify facilitators of and barriers to physical activity.

Methods

Twenty-two adolescents 12-18 years of age and 14 of their parents were recruited from an obesity intervention programme in Brooklyn, New York, from June to November 2017. Data were collected using focus groups and individual semi-structured interviews, followed by interpretative phenomenological analysis of the transcripts.

Results

The adolescents wanted to 'lose some weight', but not to be 'thin' or 'look hungry'. Most females desired a 'slim-thick' figure, which was 'a flat stomach with big thighs, and curvy'. Fun and support from parents, peers and

SUBMITTER: Browne VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9327863 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature