title: "You are not fat, you are hermosa": Mexican caregivers share their perceptions about their role supporting their morbidly obese children.
abstract: This qualitative study reports the findings from 6 focus groups conducted at a clinic in Southern Mexico with caregivers of morbidly obese children. This study was developed with the purpose of gaining a further understanding of caregivers' perceived role in addressing their children's obesity within the family context and identifying topics that could be considered when providing health care in similar sociocultural environments. We identified that although caregivers acknowledge the role of modifiable factors in obesity prevention and treatment, they held beliefs about determinism in obesity. In addition, diet was the more frequently identified means of reducing the impact of obesity. The importance of role modeling and promoting healthy behaviors in the family context are topics that could be addressed in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Regionales, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, Unidad Biomédica, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mendez
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barrera-Pérez
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palma-Solís
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dickinson
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Uicab-Pool
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Castillo-Burguete
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prelip
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D003469:Culture; D004032:Diet; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000517:prevention & control; D016487:Parenting; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research