The social and environmental factors impacting the motivation of adolescents for weight control, why and how? A qualitative study

Table 2 Characteristics of the study participants

Participants	Adolescents	Friends and peers	Parents	Health care staff	Managers
Variable	Adolescents	Friends and peers	Parents	Health care staff	Managers
N	23	15	13	12	16
Gender
Female/Girl	18	9	8	12	11
Male/Boy	5	6	5	0	5
Living area
Urban	17	11	11	16	16
Rural	6	4	2	0	0
Job
Student	23	15	-	-	-
Unemployed	-	-	5	-	-
Employee	-	-	4	12^a	16^b
Laborer	-	-	3	-	-
Farmer	-	-	1	-	-
Age (year)	10–17	12–17	28–60	45–53	35–60
Work experiences (year)	-	-	-	8–29	10–28

^a(2 Health paraprofessional, 5 Healthcare provider, 1 Mental health expert, 1 Environmental health expert, 2 Adolescent and school health expert, 1 Dietitian)
^b(5 Provincial staffs of education department, 3 Provincial staffs of MoHME (Ministry of Health and Medical Education), 3 Provincial members of the municipal council, 5 Provincial staffs of Sports and Youth department)

ISSN: 2055-0928