Table 1 Current diet habits of focus group participants

1. Averse diet choices

● “I don’t drink soda; I just don’t really like soda.”

● “I’ll eat anything except sea food.”

● “I don’t like to eat the crap that’s in the center of the store, like can, frozen, and all that crap.”

2. Preferred diet choices

• “I’ve always made it a point to eat a good breakfast, I learned the values of that many years ago, and I’ve always stuck with that.”

• “I mostly eat soups, I find it very healthy for me.”

• “I have noticed that I am craving lighter foods, like brown rice, tuna, fruits and vegetables, like my body is craving it more.”

3. Proximity to food stores/restaurants

• “I live right across the street from [a produce store], who has all of these wonderful products.”

• “I’ll go to [a food bank] and get food there; go to Food-4-Less and get food there. There’s a dollar store near my house. I also go to Big Lot’s and get like bread and chips. It makes my money stretch that way and get a better deal.”

• “I live out in the country, to go to a Jimbo’s or someplace like that is really difficult, all the Stater Brothers, Albertsons, and so I’m kind of stuck with either locally grown stuff because I’m out in the hills, and I have to stock up on sweet potatoes from Costco.”