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Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study
OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception of obesity and overweight among Nepalese adults living in a suburban community. DESIGN: A qualitative study composed of focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview (IDI). SETTING: Community and healthcare facilities in Dhulikhel, Nepal. PARTICIPANTS: Four...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33926979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043719 |
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author | Shrestha, Sachita Asthanee, Shanta Karmacharya, Biraj Man Subedi, Seema Koju, Rajendra |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception of obesity and overweight among Nepalese adults living in a suburban community. DESIGN: A qualitative study composed of focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview (IDI). SETTING: Community and healthcare facilities in Dhulikhel, Nepal. PARTICIPANTS: Four FGDs were conducted with community members (n=22) and four IDIs were conducted with healthcare providers (HCPs). RESULTS: Obesity is a rising problem in this suburban community. Participants had inadequate knowledge regarding the consequences of obesity, and they perceived overweight as normal, healthy and attractive. The participants above 40 years of age did not perceive themselves to be overweight or obese. Despite participants’ awareness of the importance of diet control and exercise to prevent obesity, these were not translated into practice. CONCLUSIONS: This study provided insight into perceptions of obesity in a suburban Dhulikhel community through both community members’ and HCPs’ perspective. Misconceptions and inadequate knowledge of obesity among people in this community indicate the need for health education and intervention programme to increase health awareness and preventive practices. |
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spelling | pubmed-80943292021-05-18 Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study Shrestha, Sachita Asthanee, Shanta Karmacharya, Biraj Man Subedi, Seema Koju, Rajendra BMJ Open Public Health OBJECTIVE: To explore the perception of obesity and overweight among Nepalese adults living in a suburban community. DESIGN: A qualitative study composed of focus group discussion (FGD) and in-depth interview (IDI). SETTING: Community and healthcare facilities in Dhulikhel, Nepal. PARTICIPANTS: Four FGDs were conducted with community members (n=22) and four IDIs were conducted with healthcare providers (HCPs). RESULTS: Obesity is a rising problem in this suburban community. Participants had inadequate knowledge regarding the consequences of obesity, and they perceived overweight as normal, healthy and attractive. The participants above 40 years of age did not perceive themselves to be overweight or obese. Despite participants’ awareness of the importance of diet control and exercise to prevent obesity, these were not translated into practice. CONCLUSIONS: This study provided insight into perceptions of obesity in a suburban Dhulikhel community through both community members’ and HCPs’ perspective. Misconceptions and inadequate knowledge of obesity among people in this community indicate the need for health education and intervention programme to increase health awareness and preventive practices. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8094329/ /pubmed/33926979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043719 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Public Health Shrestha, Sachita Asthanee, Shanta Karmacharya, Biraj Man Subedi, Seema Koju, Rajendra Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title | Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title_full | Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title_fullStr | Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title_full_unstemmed | Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title_short | Perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban Nepal: a qualitative study |
title_sort | perception of obesity and overweight among adults living in suburban nepal: a qualitative study |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8094329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33926979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043719 |
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