Kids just wanna have fun: XXXX 's experiences of a weight management programme.

@entity1 @entity5516 @entity32799 @entity28
OBJECTIVES: To explore @entity1 's accounts of their experiences of the UK's largest @entity28 programme, @entity32799 (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition   Do it!) (See www.mendprogramme.org). DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with @entity1 who had completed the @entity32799 @entity28 programme. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). METHOD: Fourteen @entity1 spanning diverse areas of London comprised this study (eight male, six female), aged between 11 and 14  years and in secondary school. @entity1 were interviewed a year after completing one of the London-based @entity32799 @entity28 programmes. RESULTS: This article focuses on the most common and striking theme to emerge from the original dataset (The complete analysis may be found in L. Watson, Unpublished doctoral thesis): Fun. Subthemes were: 'going with the flow'; active participation in activities that led to new experiences ('actually doing it' - seeing the fun side); the importance of others in the experience of fun ('you do games in unity' - 'it's not as fun on your own'). CONCLUSION: @entity1 have fun when engaged in interactive and varied activities with opportunity for individual feedback and improvement. When designing @entity28 programmes, conditions that optimise @entity1 's experience of fun should be emphasised over didactic and risk-heavy information pertaining to @entity28 . Statement of contribution What is already known on this subject? Continued growth in @entity28 and its associated health problems, psychological effects, and economic @entity5516 tackling @entity28 a public health priority. Multicomponent lifestyle interventions to treat @entity28 within the community have been shown to reduce overweight and @entity28 from pre- to post-treatment, increase self-esteem, and are found to be acceptable by parents. @entity32799 is the most widely disseminated evidence-based programme of this kind in the United Kingdom. What does this study add? This study is the first qualitative study to explore the @entity1 's experience of attending @entity32799 . The post-treatment maintenance period, where most behaviour change is consolidated (or not), is also captured in this study, with @entity1 interviewed at least 1  year post-treatment. Findings unearthed an unexpected and strong theme - that of 'fun' - integral to their experience during their time at @entity32799 . Optimizing conditions for fun is imperative to @entity1 's (and adults'?) engagement with, and maintenance of, healthy lifestyle activities.
