Being fit and eating a healthy diet |
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2.1 "I think everybody benefits from exercise, some form of exercise along the way". (John, line 179–80). (Referring to his arthritis): "but I found when I do exercise, it actually helps, I seem to be more alert, I seem to be more, sort of, not as stiff" (John, line 147–148) |
2.2 "I think in particular if perhaps your diet is not as healthy as what it could be, I think you do need to try and balance things up a little bit..." (Mike line 187–188) |
2.3 "... 5 fruit and veg. a day, brown bread, brown rice...Stay clear of chocolate, fats, high salt..." (Rob line 91–2, 94) |
2.4 "much more in the press and sort of the Government coming out with you have got to eat 5 vegetables a day or whatever and the sort of food labelling" (George, line 108–110) |
2.5 "there is always fresh fruit in the house and things like that, I try and keep away from microwave meals (Jack line 71–72)... we don't eat a lot of fried food you know, if everything is done, it would be grilled or it would be boiled" (Jack line 78–79) |
2.6 "a lot of it could be social aspects. I mean those on a basic, the old bread line or less wages will have to I mean, it's always the cheap sugary foods that are cheaper. I mean, ourselves we have notice even when trying to buy a load of fruit and veg, I mean, its very expensive compared to, you can go and buy something else, buy the ingredients, sometimes it is just as easy to buy the other stuff. So, I mean...I think there is a lot of economic influences in it..." (Jack line 83–90) |
2.7 "there's huge cost to exercising properly if you wanted to join a club with membership, and I think you know, there isn't a lot of places where you could go running safely when you get home, (Nigel line 291–293) |
2.8 "and I went to work in a Chinese takeaway as a delivery driver, so I used to get given food by them and I wasn't eating healthily I was eating takeaways for my dinner, having tea in my house and having something when I was out working, and it was just very unhealthy" (Richard line 119–123) |
2.9 "...their lifestyles, yes I would say, I know it is being pretty awful and general, but if you are sat in a cab for 4 or 5 hours a day, and you just park up, walk across to the café, motorway cafes, I mean I know myself that for £3 you can have bacon, double sausage, mushroom and blah, blah, blah with chips, not the best diet in the world" (Mark line 311–315) |
2.10 "I seen it as an opportunity to get myself fitter, and then when I did get put on the production line" (Richard line 74–5). |