Adolescent Girls With Overweight and Obesity Feel Physically Healthy and Highlight the Importance of Mental Health.

Introduction: Obesity in adolescence is a significant ongoing public health problem that has not improved over the past decade.

Objective: This descriptive qualitative study explores the perspective of female adolescents who are overweight or obese regarding their views on health and weight within the clinic setting.

Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with female adolescents (age 13-19 years old; BMI ≥85th percentile) from the mid-west region of the United States (N = 28).

Female adolescents with overweight and obesity share their perspectives on the clinical setting and weight management.

The clinical setting remains a strategic environment for early assessment, identification and treatment of adolescents with obesity. Yet, healthcare providers' (HCPs) efforts have been unsuccessful in improving physical activity, nutritional intake or body mass index in adolescents with obesity. Obesity is a chronic condition that influences how patients interact with HCPs and experience ambulatory healthcare appointments.

Women's narratives of living in polygamous marriages: Rural Malawian experience distilled and preserved in poetic constructions.

Polygamy in sub-Saharan Africa has been linked to poverty, infant mortality, and HIV; however, it is unknown how interpersonal dynamics within polygamous households may influence population health outcomes. Findings from this postcolonial feminist study derive from interview data in a larger mixed-methods study in rural Malawi. We used thematic narrative analysis to probe 25 women's stories and applied an arts-based research technique, poetic construction, to present the results.