Engaging children in the development of obesity interventions: Exploring outcomes that matter most among obesity positive outliers

Highlights • We conducted focus groups with children identified as obesity positive outliers. • We defined positive outliers using longitudinal growth and obesity prevalence data. • We present weight-related outcomes most salient to this purposive sample of children. • Children focused on bullying,...

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Published in:Patient education and counseling 2015-11, Vol.98 (11), p.1393-1401
Main Authors: Sharifi, Mona, Marshall, Gareth, Goldman, Roberta E, Cunningham, Courtney, Marshall, Richard, Taveras, Elsie M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to health
Behavior
Body Weight
Child
Children
Humans
Internal Medicine
Motivation
Nursing
Obesity
Overweight
Pediatric Obesity - physiopathology
Pediatric Obesity - psychology
Positive deviance
Qualitative
Reference Standards
Risk Factors
Self Report
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Summary:Highlights • We conducted focus groups with children identified as obesity positive outliers. • We defined positive outliers using longitudinal growth and obesity prevalence data. • We present weight-related outcomes most salient to this purposive sample of children. • Children focused on bullying, physical appearance, clothing size and athleticism. • These findings can guide more effective, patient-centered obesity interventions.
ISSN:0738-3991
1873-5134
DOI:10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.007