'The solution needs to be complex.' Obese adults' attitudes about the effectiveness of individual and population based interventions for obesity

Samantha Thomas; Sophie Lewis; Jim Hyde; David Jonathan Castle; Paul Alter Komesaroff

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-420

'The solution needs to be complex.' Obese adults' attitudes about the effectiveness of individual and population based interventions for obesity

Samantha Thomas, Sophie Lewis, Jim Hyde, David Jonathan Castle, Paul Alter Komesaroff

Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Previous studies of public perceptions of obesity interventions have been quantitative and based on general population surveys. This study aims to explore the opinions and attitudes of obese individuals towards population and individual interventions for obesity in Australia.

Original language	English
Article number	420
Pages (from-to)	1 - 9
Number of pages	9
Journal	BMC Public Health
Volume	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-420
Publication status	Published - 2010

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