Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in obesity

ob0001oc1.2 | (1) (1) | UKCO2019

Listening to the unheard voice: a qualitative exploration of the views of men working in routine manual occupations and their general practitioners about body weight, health and weight management programmes

Broughton Matthew , Lymn Joanne , Redsell Sarah

Background: Men are underrepresented in weight management programmes despite more men having increased health risk due to elevated body mass index. Gender sensitised weight management programmes have been trialled in an attempt to encourage more men to access support. Despite successes little is known about the views of men that have never attended any form of structured weight management programme. The aim of this research was to increase understanding of the view that men wh...