http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22398369
J Phys Act Health. 2012 Feb 29. [Epub ahead of print]
A Qualitative, Longitudinal Study Exploring Obese Adolescents' Attitudes Towards Physical Activity.
Lindelof A, Nielsen CV, Pedersen BD.
Source
Clinical Social Medicine Department, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Individuals' attitude towards physical activity may contribute to their willingness to participate in such behavior. This study qualitatively and longitudinally explored obese adolescents' attitudes to physical activity.
METHODS:
Fifteen obese adolescents were recruited at a weight loss camp. Participants were followed for 2.5 years with three yearly rounds of participant observations and interviews. Data was analysed using a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach.
RESULTS:
Four categories were identified: 1) throughout the study participants became more sedentary as they de-selected activities like bike-riding, 2) participants did not perceive their increasing inactive lifestyle as hindering weight loss as they consider such activities as futile compared to vigorously hard exercise, 3) participants frequently failed to participate in hard exercise, like going to the gym 4) participants had a genuine antipathy against being physical active.
CONCLUSIONS:
Among others, a reason why obese adolescents fail to live an active life is that they find limited pleasure in such behaviour. It is argued that obese adolescents need a positive attitude towards physical activity if they are to be more active. With reference to Bourdieus theory of practice it is hypothesized that such attitude needs to be learned through everyday life by experiencing joy and meaning by being physical active.
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