| Family influence on food preference and preparation |
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Who in your household does most of the food preparation and cooking? How much time do you spend cooking/preparing meals for your family? How much do other family members or your children help cook? What meals do you eat together as a family? Please describe sample breakfast (lunch, dinner) meals that you prepare for your family.
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What foods are important to you, your family, friends and neighbours? How important to you is it that you get to eat these foods?
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In what ways are your food choices and eating patterns shaped by your social activities, and how do you respond to these pressures and opportunities? Relationships with family and friends? Community events, such as neighbourhood fairs, parties, church functions?
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Do you try to role model any eating-related behaviours for your family?
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| Meal planning and shopping |
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Does your family typically eat meals together? (If no, why not?)
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How do you decide what meals/snacks to prepare for your family?
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In what ways is it easy or hard to get your family to eat healthy foods? How do the adults’ preferences or habits influence eating healthy foods? How do the children’s preferences or habits influence eating healthy foods?
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At meals, how does your family determine portion size?
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Do you ever serve leftovers as meals/snacks?
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Do you have adequate resources in your home for preparing meals?
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Who typically does the grocery shopping in your household? Where do you (or person responsible) shop?
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What are some of the factors that determine what types of groceries are bought for your family?
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In what ways is it easy or hard to get healthy foods for your family or household?
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| Food preparation attitudes and self-efficacy
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What are some of your favourite meals to make for your family?
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Have you ever served your family a new dish or meal?
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Do you ever prepare different foods for different family members for one meal?
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Do you think what you feed your family affects their health? Are there any foods you make an extra effort to feed them for health reasons? Are there any foods that you try to avoid preparing?
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What are some of the reasons why you might eat fast food or from restaurants over preparing food at home?
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Do you think that making meals at home helps you eat more healthily?
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What rules does your family have at meal time?
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How confident are you in your ability to prepare meals at home for your family? How about healthy meals? How about meals on a budget?
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How did you learn to prepare meals at home? In what ways are you passing your knowledge along to your kids?
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| Characteristics and behaviours of food preparation |
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How often do you make homemade meals ‘from scratch’? What does this mean to you?
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When preparing meals at home what types of meats, poultry, or fish do you usually use? What fruits do you usually use/serve? What vegetables do you usually use/serve? What types of fats do you usually use/serve? What grains do you usually use/serve? What beverages do you usually serve?
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Describe how your culture influences what meals or recipes you make.
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How often do you use ready-made products?
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How often do you prepare meals using convenience items?
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How often does your family eat homemade meals at others’ homes?
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