Young adult males' motivators and perceived barriers towards eating healthily and being active: a qualitative study.
Young adult males' motivators and perceived barriers towards eating healthily and being active: a qualitative study.
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10.1186/s12966-015-0257-6
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2015-07-15
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Collins CE
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Ashton LM;Hutchesson MJ;Rollo ME;Morgan PJ;Thompson DI;Collins CE
在与肥胖相关的研究中，缺乏对年轻男性观点的理解。本研究旨在：（1）确定年轻男性在采取健康饮食和体育活动行为方面的动机和障碍，以及（2）探索体重状况类别的反应是否存在差异。对来自澳大利亚新南威尔士州亨特地区的61名年轻男性（BMI：25.3 ± 5.1 kg/m2，年龄：18-25岁）进行了10个焦点组（32-63分钟;每组3-9名参与者）。有35名（57.4%）健康体重男性和26名（42.6%）超重/肥胖男性。三组为健康体重的参与者，三组为超重/肥胖的参与者，四组为混合BMI的参与者。会议进行了录音和转录。数据分析由独立研究人员使用NVIVO 10进行。健康饮食的动机分为四个主题：身体健康（例如，为了活得更长）、运动或表演（例如，为了支持他们的运动目标），身体外观（例如性吸引力）和社会影响（例如，社会对健康饮食的期望），而体育活动的主要动机是：身体外观（如性吸引力）、社会包容（如交朋友）、身心健康（如缓解压力）以及运动或表现的改善（如改善健康）。健康饮食的主要障碍包括：内在因素（如采取健康饮食的感知努力）、逻辑因素（如成本）和社会因素（如同伴影响），而忙碌的生活方式（如缺乏时间）、逻辑因素（如成本）、认知情感因素（如自卑感）和社会因素（如家庭教养）是身体活动的主要障碍。不同BMI状态的反应差异不大。这项研究强调了在制定健康生活方式计划时咨询年轻男性的重要性，这些计划旨在促进年轻男性的健康饮食和体育活动。需要未来的研究来确定解决干预研究中的动机和障碍的最有效方法。
There is a lack of understanding of young men’s perspectives in obesity-related research. This study aims to: (1) identify young men’s perceived motivators and barriers in adopting healthy eating and physical activity behaviours, and (2) explore any differences in responses by weight status categories. Ten focus groups (32-63 minutes; 3-9 participants per group) were conducted with 61 young men (BMI: 25.3 ± 5.1 kg/m2, aged: 18-25 years) from the Hunter region, New South Wales, Australia. There were 35 (57.4 %) healthy weight men and 26 (42.6 %) overweight/ obese men. Three groups were with healthy weight participants, three with overweight/obese participants and four with mixed-BMI participants. Sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed. Data analysis was conducted by an independent researcher using NVIVO10. Motivators for healthy eating grouped into four themes: physical health (e.g. to live longer), sport or performance (e.g. to support their sporting goals), physical appearance (e.g. sexual attractiveness) and social influences (e.g. societal expectations to eat healthy), while key motivators for physical activity were: physical appearance (e.g. sexual attractiveness), social inclusion (e.g. making friends), physical and mental health (e.g. relieve stress) and improvements for sport or performance (e.g. improve fitness). Themes for key barriers to eating healthy were: intrinsic (e.g. perceived effort to adopt healthy eating), logistic (e.g. cost), and social factors (e.g. peer influence), while busy lifestyles (e.g. lack of time), logistic (e.g. cost), cognitive-emotional (e.g. feelings of inferiority) and social factors (e.g. family upbringing) were key barriers for physical activity. Responses varied little by BMI status. This research emphasises the importance of consulting young men when developing healthy lifestyle programs that aim to promote healthy eating and physical activity in young men. Future research is needed to identify the most effective ways to address their motivators and barriers in intervention research.