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Table 3 Example messages for the Dutch target group (comparing the traditional tailoring intervention and the EI-tailoring intervention, and the EI categories)

From: Development of a computer-tailored nutrition and physical activity intervention for lower-educated women of Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan origin using content matching and ethnic identity tailoring

 

Traditional tailoring intervention

EI-tailoring intervention

  

Traditional

Modern

Arguments for eating more fruit (why fruit is an easy snack)

[…] There are many ways to make fruit a snack. Fruit is also a responsible snack. […]

[…] There are many ways to make fruit a snack. In the Dutch culture it is common to offer snacks with coffee. Fruit is then an easy choice. […]

[…] There are many ways to make fruit a snack. Fruit is, for instance, easy to take to work […].

How to deal with difficult situations

You find it difficult to eat fewer snacks when you are sad. […] But do you really feel better when you have eaten a lot? Try to find another solution. Maybe it helps to talk to someone. […]

You find it difficult to eat fewer snacks when you are sad. […] But do you really feel better when you have eaten a lot? Try to find another solution. Maybe it helps to talk to someone or be with your family. […]

You find it difficult to eat fewer snacks when you are sad. […] But do you really feel better when you have eaten a lot? Try to find another solution. Maybe it helps to talk to someone or be with your friends. […]

  1. EI ethnic identity