Table 5.

Culinary medicine intervention group’s main challenges or barriers to maintaining their protein intake.

Challenge or barrier	Value (n=24), n (%)
Finding low-fat protein options	1 (4)
I was eating all the time	1 (4)
Keeping track of protein intake	1 (4)
Knowing which protein is healthiest or easiest	1 (4)
Limiting protein intake	1 (4)
Not consuming enough daily	1 (4)
Price of protein	1 (4)
Deciding the correct protein amount to eat	2 (8)
Protein variety	3 (13)
No answer provided	3 (13)
No issues	9 (38)