Research and analysis

Families and healthy weight approaches: qualitative review

A scoping review of the qualitative evidence, exploring the barriers and facilitators to supporting families with children most at risk of developing excess weight.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 24 September 2020

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Barriers and facilitators to supporting families with children most at risk of developing excess weight: a scoping review of qualitative evidence from the UK and Europe

Ref: PHE publications gateway number GW-1580

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Details

The review presents evidence from the UK and Europe in considering the practice implications for the development and delivery of weight management services (prevention and treatment) and looks specifically at the qualitative evidence relating to families with children:

• from certain minority ethnic groups
• from low socio-economic communities
• living with intellectual and/or physical disabilities

Published 24 September 2020