| Title |
Large and forgotten in rural Australia: assessment, attitudes and possible approaches to losing weight in young adult males
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-243 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kumara Mendis, Tanya Forster, Karen Paxton, Karen Hyland, Jason Yelverton, Rick McLean, Joseph Canalese, Anthony Brown, Katharine Steinbeck |
| Abstract |
Young Adult Males (YAMs) in rural Australia are poorly studied with respect to overweight and obesity. Firstly, we explored the feasibility of recruiting 17-25 year old YAMs to obtain baseline data on overweight and obesity rates, socio-demographics, nutrition, exercise and mobile phone usage. Secondly, we explored the views of YAMs with a waist measurement over 94 cm about using mobile phone text messages to promote weight loss and incentives to promote healthy lifestyles. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 115 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 32 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 9% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Researcher | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 13% |
| Unknown | 30 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 14% |
| Psychology | 16 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 36 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
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