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Table 3 Classification of main themes and subthemes

From: Barriers to and facilitators of nurse-parent interaction intended to promote healthy weight gain and prevent childhood obesity at Swedish child health centers

Theme

Subtheme

Assessment of the child’s weight status

Visual inspection only

Height and weight chart only

BMI chart

Manual calculation of BMI

Initiative

Nurses mainly take the initiative

Concerned parents take the initiative

A sensitive topic

Avoidance or delayed information

Voluntariness at CHC is important

No avoidance—a mission

Parental responses

Negative responses

Positive responses

Parents deliberately want overweight children

Actions

Health promoting activities

Preventive activities

Lifestyle patterns

Unhealthy diet habits

Lack of active play