Title: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Parental Perceptions, Motivators, and Barriers to Management of Childhood Obesity
Sarah Musa, Ayman Al-Dahshan, Vahe Kehyayan · 2024
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Sarah Musa and co-authors gather what parents think about childhood obesity and what helps or blocks their response, in a 2024 review. Parents shape the habits that set a child's weight. The team pulled together twenty interview-based studies from 2006 to 2023 and sorted their themes. Five theme groups covered views of the problem, and aids and blocks for both home action and program sign-up.
Many parents saw obesity as a passing phase or a matter of genes, not a health threat. Aids at home spanned less screen time, school backing, clear goals, and closer talk with the child. Blocks ran from low child drive and peer pull to junk food at hand, plus denial and thin know-how in parents. The authors urge full plans: food teaching, better food access, home programs, and spaces that invite play.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sarah Musa, Ayman Al-Dahshan, Vahe Kehyayan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |