Exercise
“I exercise about twice a week but am so busy mostly I do physical activity through caring for sheep daily” - younger man
“Before we used to do a lot more gardening. We don’t do as much gardening now, and we sit and watch cricket and soaps [on TV]. So, even though you see more people walking, we are still less active.” — middle age woman
“You see people who eat a lot [of healthy food], but it is a whole question of preparation….they do not prepare the food well.” — middle aged woman
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Diet
“You see people who eat a lot [of healthy food], but it is a whole question of preparation….they do not prepare the food well.” — middle aged woman “I love seafoods; I buy fish-stew, steam, not often fried” — older man “A great deal of carbohydrates are eaten on the island - older woman “I grow what I eat and I eat what I grow.” — older man “….eat vegetables mostly on Sundays as this is when the family prepares a large, diverse meal. This is a common custom on Carriacou” — middle age man “After Ivan, things like tomatoes, lettuce, beets, plantains, figs… I had to do without them for quite a while. And when it was available, it was too expensive. It is quickly getting better [less expensive], but some people tend to keep the prices [high].” — younger man “I use regular oil because olive oil, while better, is too expensive” (middle-aged woman). “People rarely eat out — it is not like in the United States where people eat out all of the time. They prepare their own food at home and take it to work.” — middle- aged man “Sometimes, at night, I might eat a sandwich or something light, and nothing heavy. I usually eat a good lunch.” — younger woman
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Weight and Body Size
“Many people feel that family history determines weight/obesity status” — health care professional ““Looks does [sic] not say how healthy a person might be. A fat person or a thin person could be healthy. And a thin person or a fat person could have poor health. You can’t tell.” - middle aged woman
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Stress
“Yes, there is a lot of stress in the community. It is a different kind of stress. It is very real. Economic, personal relationships, sickness in family. After Ivan, we had other kinds of stress.” — older man “Stress comes about when the work days are filled with ups and downs. This [makes the body feel] heavy and weary and tired. Stress is occasional, and does not change health conditions. So, sleeping sometimes eliminates the tension.” - middle-aged man “life is hectic, cI try …to download [get rid of] the stress” - younger man
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