'It's on your conscience all the time': A systematic review of qualitative studies examining views on obesity among young people aged 12-18 years in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Rees, Rebecca W ^a   Caird, Jenny ^a   Dickson, Kelly ^a   Vigurs, Carol ^a   Thomas, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; GREAT BRITAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY SIZE; CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84899726296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004404     Document Type: Review

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