Table 1 Summary of facilitators/barriers to healthy eating themes from focus group interviews (phase 1) that led to Iterative changes in phase 2
Theme | Quotation | Changes made |
|---|---|---|
Contradictory/confusing information | ‘I think nutrition has become so complicated. It used to be, you need more vitamins so you drink more orange juice but then there’s a ‘but’ now and I think that is the problem’ FG3 P05 ‘I just wonder how susceptible we are to advertising and again the media’ FG1 P01 | Introduction section ▪ Sentence added to explain that healthy eating does not have to be complicated ▪ Sentence added to follow evidence-based dietary advice as media often give conflicting dietary messages |
Attitudes towards healthy eating | ‘I don’t know if there’s any benefit now for the likes of us. Like at our age. I just eat whatever I want’ FG2 P03 | Introduction section ▪ Sentence added to clarify that it is never too late to benefit from making positive dietary changes in later life |
Oral health | ‘I love nuts but they can be a bit of a problem. It’s not the same as having your own natural teeth’ FG4 P02 | Oral health section ▪ Nuts removed as suggestive healthy protein habit due to common oral health problems |
‘You could stew your fruit’ FG1 P02 | Oral health section ▪ Suggestion of cooking or stewing fruit to soften added | |
Food labelling | ‘You need to be a scientist to read some of the labels to understand what the impact is’ FG3 P03 ‘No we’re going to have to start reading labels and that’s the problem, I don’t read labels’ FG4 P02 | Wholegrain habit section ▪ Wholegrain food labelling section added |