‘She’s not obese, she’s a normal 5-year-old and she keeps up with the other kids’: families’ reasons for not attending a family-based obesity management programme

Aims: To discover the reasons behind invited families’ lack of engagement with a family-based childhood obesity programme in a deprived area. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 10 families who were invited to join the programme, but declined to engage. There were two distinct subgroups of parti...

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Published in:	Perspectives in public health Vol. 140; no. 3; pp. 148 - 152
Main Authors:	Povey, RC, Cowap, LJ, Scholtens, K, Forshaw, MJ
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01-05-2020
Subjects:	Body Image Body Mass Index Child Child, Preschool Communication Emotions Family Health Female Health Promotion - organization & administration Humans Interviews as Topic Male Obesity Management - organization & administration Pediatric Obesity - psychology Pediatric Obesity - therapy Poverty Qualitative Research child health qualitative health services obesity attendance
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