Title

Weight matters: Exploring the Experiences of Parents with Overweight Children

Name

Pernille Andreassen

Abstract

Background:
Childhood overweight is regarded a major health challenge. Parents are seen as vital if the children are to lose weight.

Objectives:
Exploring how parents experience having overweight children, and how weight loss is sought to be achieved.

Methods:
A longitudinal, multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork.

Results:
Moral issues and concerns are integrated parts of how parents experience their children’s overweight and how they try to help them lose weight.

Keywords

Overweight; parenting, ethnography, narrative analysis, weight management

Start date and expected end date

03.2008 - 12.2012

Main supervisor

Professor Kaya Roessler, University of Southern Denmark

Co-supervisors

Associate professor Lone Grøn, University of Southern Denmark

Collaborators

The municipality of Vejle, The municipality of Syddjurs

Funding

Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU; Research in Children's Health, SDU; The municipality of Vejle; The municipality of Syddjurs