obesity

Sex

Male

Female

Age

What do you perceive yourself to be?

Underweight

Normal

Overweight

Obese

Do you want to improve your health?

Yes

No

Are you currently in the process of improving your health/losing weight?

Yes

No

If you selected yes in the last question, select which of the following you are doing to improve your health/losing weight?

Eating the appropriate portion sizes

Eating healthier foods

Being more active, cardiovascular (eg. Running, walking, dancing, biking ect.)

Being more active, strength training (eg. Pushups, weight lifting, body toning, crunches ect.)

Having a health diary with goals, calorie count, and progress reports ect.

Following a diet plan (e.g weight watches)

If you are contemplating loosing weight what are some of the setbacks that you may encounter that may hinder you from developing a healthier lifestyle?

Packed schedule/time consuming

Stress

Lack of support from parents/guardians

Lack of support from friends

Too many temptations

Not enough healthy affordable food options

Healthy foods are too expensive

None of the above, I’m in good shape

Do you think obesity is a problem in Tobago’s teenagers?

Yes

No

What do you think are some of the causes of obesity?

Lack of exercise

Bad/Unbalanced sleep routine

Poor eating habits

Genetics

Physiological factors

Taking medications/steroids

What do you as a teenager think would motivate you to lose weight?

Cheaper, healthier foods available

More healthy food options

Tastier healthy food options

More time to exercise/ less time consuming schedule

Supportive friends and family

Getting a Better physique

Becoming healthier

To gain confidence