Informed young people’s perspectives on barriers and enablers to NHS childhood obesity interventions in Birmingham and West Midlands

Childhood obesity prevalence primarily affects UK’s minority ethnicities and widens health disparity. This Birmingham-based study analysed perspectives and experiences of young people on NHS childhood obesity interventions. Young people (n = 12, age = 10–19 years) were interviewed using open-ended questions as part of patient and public involvement as part of NHS Complications from Excess Weight clinic. Analysed perspectives and opinions formed four themes: 1) Utilising young people’s volunteer’s experience in community-based NHS interventions 2) NHS interventions contextualisation face barriers of language, religion and cultural stigma 3) engage community and minority ethnicity facilitators, translators and trained specialists of nutritionists and doctors 4) NHS focus on the family as a whole when targeting better minority ethnicities reach, especially in healthy weight-loss incentives.