[Qualitative study of the differences between men and women's perception of obesity, its causes, tackling and repercussions on health].

Introduction: although obesity is a multidimensional health problem, few qualitative research studies have analyzed the discourse of obese individuals from the gender perspective in order to better understand the hard come by information gathered from quantitative research.

Aim: to analyze the discourse of obese individuals in focus groups concerning factors underlying obesity, pathology risk perception, weight loss and other relevant factors.

Methods: two single-sex focus groups, with a total of 14 participants, were held in separate sessions.