{"id":1347,"date":"2009-01-02T20:45:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T20:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morten.me\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2015-10-17T08:42:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T06:42:39","slug":"promoting-pa-in-teen-girls-insight-from-focus-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/morten.me\/?p=1347","title":{"rendered":"Promoting PA in teen girls: insight from focus groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>28 girls 12-18 years of age were recruited in a Midwest metropolitan area. 15 open-ended questions was used. Most girls preferred the phrase &#8220;physical activity&#8221; over &#8220;exercise.&#8221; The benefits most frequently mentioned included positive physical attributes, mental health benefits, and staying healthy. Three major themes were identified: autonomy (ask them what they like to do, and then provide choices), fun (being with friends, variation, and enjoyment), and body image (gaining weight, appearance, and self-confidence). Implications: Use active listening and a focus on the goals of the teen. Teachers need to evaluate their teaching and counseling approach, because the teens emphasized two points: &#8220;Don&#8217;t tell me what to do&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t put me down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/18758332?dopt=Abstract\" target=_blank>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 girls 12-18 years of age were recruited in a Midwest metropolitan area. 15 open-ended questions was used. Most girls preferred the phrase &#8220;physical activity&#8221; over &#8220;exercise.&#8221; The benefits most frequently mentioned included positive physical attributes, mental health benefits, and staying healthy. Three major themes were identified: autonomy (ask them what they like to do, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4877,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1347\/revisions\/4877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/morten.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}