Participants' explanatory model of being overweight and their experiences of 2 weight loss interventions.

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PURPOSE: We explored participants' accounts of weight loss interventions to illuminate the reasons behind the greater weight loss observed among those attending a commercial program compared with those receiving standard care in a recent large-scale trial. We further wanted to examine how participants' general explanatory model of being overweight related to the 2 different interventions. METHODS: Our study was based on thematic analysis of semistructured telephone interviews with a purposefu...

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Authors: Ahern, A; Boyland, E; Jebb, SA; Cohn, SR

• Journal: Annals of family medicine
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 251-257
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1370/afm.1446
• EISSN: 1544-1717
• ISSN: 1544-1709
• Language: English
• Keywords: Body Mass Index; Great Britain; Weight Reduction Programs; Patient Participation; Obesity; Patient Satisfaction; Middle Aged; Social Media; Diet, Reducing; Female; Humans; Adult