Barriers to a healthy lifestyle among obese adolescents: A qualitative study from Iran

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-189

  Amiri, Parisa ^a   Ghofranipour, Fazlollah ^a   Ahmadi, Fazlollah ^a   Hosseinpanah, Farhad ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^c   Jalali Farahani, Sara ^b   Rastegarpour, Ali ^d  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Barriers; Life style; Obesity; Overweight; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79957485885     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0119-6     Document Type: Article

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