Economic and other barriers to adopting recommendations to prevent childhood obesity: results of a focus group study with parents
Open Access
- 21 December 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pediatrics
- Vol. 9 (1) , 81
Abstract
Parents are integral to the implementation of obesity prevention and management recommendations for children. Exploration of barriers to and facilitators of parental decisions to adopt obesity prevention recommendations will inform future efforts to reduce childhood obesity.Keywords
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