Personal motivation, self-regulation barriers and strategies for weight loss in people with overweight and obesity: a thematic framework analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore motivations, self-regulation barriers and strategies in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian population with overweight and obesity.

Design

Qualitative design using semi-structured face-to-face and videoconferencing interviews. Data were analysed using thematic framework analysis and constant comparison method.

Setting

Specialist weight management clinic.

Participants

Twenty-two participants were purposively sampled from 13 April to 30 April 2021. Median age and BMI of the participants were 37·5 (interquartile range (IQR) = 13·3) and 39·2 kg/m² (IQR = 6·1), respectively. And 31·8 % were men, majority had a high intention to adopt healthy eating behaviours (median = 6·5; IQR = 4·8-6·3) and 59 % of the participants had a medium level of

SUBMITTER: Chew HSJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature