De Souza and Ciclitira35 | Explore issues regarding men's health, with a specific focus on men's experiences of dieting | Semistructured interviews | Grounded theory | n=8 men | England |
Gillon38 | Understand implications of how men talk about weight for those working in counselling field | In-depth interviews | Discourse analysis | n=8 men | Scotland |
Gough and Conner7 | Analysis of men's accounts of food and health using concepts pertaining to masculinity | Semistructured interviews | Thematic analysis | n=24 men | England |
Gough and Flanders36 | Examine how members of gay ‘bear’ community normalise ‘excess’ weight against the backdrop of obesity ‘crisis’ | Semistructured interviews | Grounded theory and thematic analysis | n=10 men | England |
McCullagh39 | Understand lifestyles of long distance lorry drivers to inform appropriate health education strategies to encourage health awareness, access services and attain a healthier lifestyle | Open-ended commentary provided on a voluntary basis following the completion of a survey | Unclear | n=168 men | England |
Monaghan40 | Contribute sociologically to burgeoning critical obesity studies that critique social construction of overweight/obesity as a public health crisis by questioning economics, science, morality and ideology of current obesity epidemic claims | In-depth interviews | Thematic analysis | n=37 men | England |
Monaghan41 | Critical realist contribution to obesity debate on men's justificatory accounts for levels of body mass that medicine labels too heavy (implicitly or explicitly too fat) | In-depth interviews | Thematic analysis | n=37 men | England |
Monaghan42 | Explore men's talk about physical activity, weight, health and slimming | In-depth interviews | Thematic analysis | n=37 men | England |
Weaver et al37 | Explore understandings that men in general population hold about weight, exercise and health to inform process of health promotion and diabetes prevention in men | Semistructured interviews | Thematic analysis | n=17 men | England |