Table 2:

Key sociocultural findings that informed the ANGELO workshops in Fiji and Tonga (the dots identify elements noted by at least 50% of interviewees)

List of sociocultural elements	Fijians	Indo-Fijians	Tongans
Food and eating
Knew about healthy and unhealthy food and drinks	•	•	•
Favourite foods and drinks high in fat and/or sugar	•		•
Often skipped breakfast, especially females	•		•
Mothers and grandmothers provided most messages about food at home	•	•	•
Peers influenced school food by sharing	•	•	•
Unmonitored spending money to purchase junk food	•	•
Physical activity
More males exercised than females	•	•	•
Males perceived to have more freedom for recreational activities	•		•
Safety seen as a barrier for females’ recreational activities	•		•
Chores limited females’ recreational activities	•		•
Study (school) seen as a barrier to recreational activities		•	•
Families provided messages about physical activity (PA), especially fathers	•		•
Older siblings and cousins encouraged PA	•
Peers provided messages about PA	•		•
Sports and sports stars provided messages about PA, especially for males	•		•
Body size preferences
Body size preference ‘not too skinny, not too fat’	•		•
Males wanted to increase weight or muscle	•		•
Parents provided messages about ideal weight	•		•
Older siblings and cousins provided messages about ideal weight	•		•
Peers provided messages about ideal weight	•		•
The media provided messages about ideal weight	•	•