Children/Adolescents’ Perceptions of How to Have a Healthy Weight (n=30)
| Specific question: What sorts of things could your doctor or a health coach teach you to help you have a healthy weight? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Themes | Representative Responses | Total Votes | Sum of Ranksa |
| Educate on healthy vs unhealthy eating | “Recommend a good meal plan for each day per week to have the right nutrients and minerals to maintain a healthy body weight.” | 12 | 30 |
| “Doctor can tell you what is healthy and not healthy and teach the consequences of not eating healthy.” | 6 | 18 | |
| “We could start training by doing a health plan or diet if our parents are doing the same.” | 2 | 4 | |
| Exercise | “Fun activities; play games, basketball, dodgeball, jumping jacks, dancing, and run with you to keep weight off.” | 14 | 28 |
| “Teach different exercise techniques and ways to work exercise into your schedule.” | 6 | 18 | |
↵aCalculated by summing the ranks of responses (3=most important, 2=second, and 1=least important). Higher score=greater perceived importance.