Table 3.

‘I want to but…’ Interview Quotes

Quote Number	Respondent	Child’s Weight Status	Quote
13	Cousin of 6-year-old Girl B	Normal Weight	He’s about 5′7″, and he weighs probably about 200. So it’s like I need—like he was playing football, but like I said, because of my schedule I can’t take him. There’s a kickboxing class I would love us to take but because [of] my schedule…
14	Grandmother of 11-year-old Boy A	Overweight	…we don’t really take them to let them come out there very much. If we come on the front, they can play around the front. Because there’s so much activity had went on in that area that we don’t really just bring them out unless somebody’s—adults are with them.
15	Uncle of 10-year-old Boy E	Obese	So it’s almost like now you almost prefer them to be in the house in a sense…to protect them. But being that we have to work and stuff like that now we don’t – a lot of times, the parents don’t have the time to spend with the kids to get them out and about in the streets and stuff like that to get a little exercise or just to get out sometimes.
16	Mother of 11-year-old Boy C	Obese	Like with me, they’ll probably just go out the front, and they’ll play in this little area right here. Where she might take them on the bus ride to go somewhere and they go and have fun or whatever. Where I’m going to stay in my area and be right here, because money was low, so it was easier… I mean, if I had money, I would probably take them around or whatever. But sometimes I think they have just as much fun either playing right out here, or we’ll go over to the park. That’s about as far as we go. Or I just—like there’s something else going on, and if I have money, I’ll take them somewhere else.
17	Mother of 10-year-old Boy E	Obese	And I’m not a physical type person. I do all my work on the job. And my everyday routine of cleaning the house, washing, what have you. I’m a house person too so I think Isaiah get that from me. I’m a homebody… I do my walking. If I have to go and take care of bills and business I do walk because I don’t drive. Walk or [public] transportation. I try to get the children involved in it, but sometimes we go to take care of business. We don’t have time to be involved with a child, you know what I’m saying? You do what you’ve got to do, right. It’s just inappropriate for them to be out. I try to get them out at least once a week where we do some walking, sightseeing something like that. We do try to get them in if the money prevails, you know what I mean?
18	11-year-old Girl A	Obese	I used to [play tennis] but the after school program for all the schools stopped in April… I miss tennis. So there’s nothing to do after school; just come home, do my homework, and be bored… I like being outside. I don’t like being in the house much… [But] there’s no kids around here. …I might be outside maybe an hour here, because it’s so boring…
19	6-year-old Girl B	Normal Weight	I ride my scooter. I don’t know how to ride my bike because my mommy…took my training wheels off.