Table 2.

Themes and sub‐themes from the data analysis

	Identification	Management
Main themes	Perceived risk factors for obesity	Current practice in relation to improving infant nutrition and preventing obesity	Challenges in relation to communicating obesity risk to parents
Sub‐themes	Too much milk	Health visitors' resources are focused on providing infant feeding advice during the first 6 months of life	Parental lack of concern about overweight in infancy
	Reliance on pre‐prepared infant food and other convenience foods.	Mismatch between the UK Department of Health guidelines and parental weaning practices	Communicating with parents about obesity is a sensitive
	Inappropriate ‘adult’ foods and portion sizes	Identifying obesity during infancy	The need for additional opportunity for intervention
	Feeding unrelated to hunger	Health visitors as gatekeepers	The need for additional training, guidance and resources