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Table 8 Time constraints

From: Identification of food insecurity factors in French-speaking Belgium: a qualitative study

“- [Speaking of Restos du Coeur (Charity that offers free meals)] Unfortunately, there are days that we don’t manage to go, because, well, I have appointments in the hospital and everything, often at noon time and so ... we do not always manage to go, you know.” (Interview n°1)

“- Well, we don’t get many varied meals, I think, because I always try to do it faster, I make things that are really easy to make: pasta sauce, etc. - really easy things.” (Interview n°5)

“- (...) So, I started on Sunday evening, I left at 10–11 p.m., midnight, I drove, I unloaded, (...) That was also a problem, for example, wanting to eat something hearty at three in the morning, you know. I knew guys who ate steaks at three in the morning or a chicken, huh.” (Interview n°9)