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    How acceptable is a weight maintenance programme for healthy weight young women who are at increased risk of breast cancer?

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    Authors
    Hewitt, RM
    Pegington, Mary
    Harvie, Michelle N
    French, DP
    Affiliation
    Manchester Centre of Health Psychology, Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester
    Issue Date
    2019
    
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    Abstract
    Objective: To determine if a weight gain prevention intervention is acceptable to young women with a normal Body Mass Index and a moderately increased or high risk of breast cancer. Design: Qualitative semi-structured interview study involving 14 women aged 26-35?years who were registered with a Family History Clinic in Manchester, UK, due to family history of breast cancer. Participants' views were analysed thematically. Results: Four themes were produced: (1) perceptions of a healthy lifestyle: women's perceptions included health-related behaviours and subjective wellbeing; (2) construing a healthy weight: women rely on appearance, feelings and others opinions to construe weight instead of quantitative indicators; (3) configuring a useful programme: the idea of a programme that is remotely accessible; provides a point of contact; and promotes general wellbeing was appealing. Women believed information explaining the link between lifestyle and breast cancer would facilitate behaviour change; (4) the importance of will(power): women recognised that commitment to a programme is affected by time, money and readiness to change. Conclusion: A weight gain prevention intervention that focuses on wellbeing and behaviour change appears acceptable to many healthy weight women. Future research should examine whether women's expressed acceptability translates into actual acceptability of such a programme.
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    Hewitt RM, Pegington M, Harvie M, French DP. How acceptable is a weight maintenance programme for healthy weight young women who are at increased risk of breast cancer? Psychol Health. 2019:1-18.
    Journal
    Psychology & health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/622655
    DOI
    10.1080/08870446.2019.1690146
    PubMed ID
    31746223
    Additional Links
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2019.1690146
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/08870446.2019.1690146
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