Support needs of overweight African American women for weight loss

Janet L. Thomas; Diana W. Stewart; Ian M. Lynam; Christine M. Daley; Christie Befort; Robyn M. Scherber; Andrea E. Mercurio; Kolawole S. Okuyemi; Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

doi:10.5993/AJHB.33.4.1

Support needs of overweight African American women for weight loss

Janet L. Thomas
, Diana W. Stewart
, Ian M. Lynam
, Christine M. Daley
, Christie Befort
, Robyn M. Scherber
, Andrea E. Mercurio
, Kolawole S. Okuyemi
, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia

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Objectives: To examine social support needs of obese and overweight African American women for weight loss. Methods: Focus groups were conducted with overweight and obese African American women. Data were analyzed using standard grounded theory text analysis. Results: Our middleaged (45.7 years; SD=12.6) women (N = 66) were interested in receiving support from others focused on the health benefits of weight loss. Behaviors perceived as supportive include co-participating in exercise, providing nutrition education, using positive reinforcements, and avoiding criticism. Conclusions: African American women are interested in a program designed to increase social support for their weight loss.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	339-352
Number of pages	14
Journal	American journal of health behavior
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.33.4.1
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

African American
Obese
Qualitative
Social support
Weight loss

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