Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents
Unhealthy weight loss behaviors among adolescents such as maladaptive eating to be thin and practicing dietary restrain has become a significant public health concern. These harmful ways in losing weight may cause disturbance in adolescent’s physical growth, cognitive development and social we...
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| author | Sidek, Suriati Danis, Ajau Md. Yusof b, Safiah |
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| description | Unhealthy weight loss behaviors among
adolescents such as maladaptive eating to be
thin and practicing dietary restrain has become a
significant public health concern. These harmful
ways in losing weight may cause disturbance
in adolescent’s physical growth, cognitive
development and social well-being. Therefore, this
qualitative study aimed to explore the weight loss
behavior among 33 overweight adolescent males
(N = 15) and females (N = 18). Based on a thematic
analysis on data from in-depth interviews, the
present study found that adolescents engaged
in various types of weight loss behaviour and
these include attempts at dieting, engaging
in physical activity and consuming slimming
products. Even though overweight adolescents
believe that a combination of balanced diet and
exercise are the pivotal keys to effective weight
reduction and lead to a healthy lifestyle, they
were more likely to involve in dieting compared
to any other approaches, particularly engaging
in skipping meals. However, their preferences
of weight loss behaviour are influenced by
sources of information obtained from the family members and the media, parents modelling in
eating pattern, and are limited by some of the
barriers that include laziness, desire for foods
and inconvenience to exercise. Weight reduction
intervention targeting overweight adolescents is
therefore urgently required. |
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| spelling | iium-622482018-03-01T02:46:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62248/ Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents Sidek, Suriati Danis, Ajau Md. Yusof b, Safiah H Social Sciences (General) Unhealthy weight loss behaviors among adolescents such as maladaptive eating to be thin and practicing dietary restrain has become a significant public health concern. These harmful ways in losing weight may cause disturbance in adolescent’s physical growth, cognitive development and social well-being. Therefore, this qualitative study aimed to explore the weight loss behavior among 33 overweight adolescent males (N = 15) and females (N = 18). Based on a thematic analysis on data from in-depth interviews, the present study found that adolescents engaged in various types of weight loss behaviour and these include attempts at dieting, engaging in physical activity and consuming slimming products. Even though overweight adolescents believe that a combination of balanced diet and exercise are the pivotal keys to effective weight reduction and lead to a healthy lifestyle, they were more likely to involve in dieting compared to any other approaches, particularly engaging in skipping meals. However, their preferences of weight loss behaviour are influenced by sources of information obtained from the family members and the media, parents modelling in eating pattern, and are limited by some of the barriers that include laziness, desire for foods and inconvenience to exercise. Weight reduction intervention targeting overweight adolescents is therefore urgently required. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62248/7/62248-Weight%20loss%20behaviour.pdf Sidek, Suriati and Danis, Ajau and Md. Yusof b, Safiah (2017) Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 23 (Supplement). S81-S82. ISSN 1394-035X http://www.nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0021_3/default.php |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Sidek, Suriati Danis, Ajau Md. Yusof b, Safiah Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title | Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title_full | Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title_short | Weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: Findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| title_sort | weight loss behaviour and its perceived barriers: findings from in-depth interviews with overweight adolescents |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
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