From: From causes to solutions - insights from lay knowledge about health inequalities
Genetic characteristics | .... I think it really depends on your genes. (Cathy, 25, Pl) |
Knowledge about healthy eating | Well probably diet.... I would have to say it's a lot to do with the food that people eat, it's ignorance. (Amanda, 60, Pl) |
Family values | ...the family that you grow up in...they have certain values... knowing that if you want to be healthy you need to eat right and play sport...if you grow up in a family environment like that then you just think that's normal; that's what you continue to do and that becomes generational. (Rhonda, 26, B) |
Lifestyle choices | Their [Port Adelaide residents'] priorities tend to be more 'go to the pub and play darts with your mates and have a barbecue of greasy food and a few beers'... I think if you can buy beer and cigarettes and greasy chops you can buy healthy food. (Nathan, 59, B) |