Barriers and facilitators to physical activity amongst overweight and obese women in an Afro-Caribbean population: A qualitative study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alvarado, Miriam ^a   Murphy, Madhuvanti M ^a   Guell, Cornelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Gender; Obesity; Participant observation; Physical activity; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARIBBEAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEER GROUP; PEER PRESSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE; BARBADOS; BLACK PERSON; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; BARBADOS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84937927524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0258-5     Document Type: Article

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