Table 1.

Survivor-level and Capacity-level Barriers and Facilitators to Survivors’ Weight Management Identified by Providers.

		Barriers	Facilitators
Survivor-Level	Age Factors	Older age (habits, metabolism changes, post-menopause)	Younger age (healthier lifestyles pre-diagnosis)
	Physiological Factors	Side effects of treatment (fatigue, neuropathy, joint pain)
		Arthritis
	Psychological Factors	Depression	Self-motivation
		Emotional eating	Readiness
		Coping with physical changes
		Frustration
		Lack of motivation
	Environmental/Socioeconomic Factors	Unsafe neighborhoods	Adequate resources for exercise facilities, weight loss services, and healthy foods
		Lack of access to exercise facilities
		Cost of exercise facilities, weight loss services, and healthy foods
		Time constraints of multiple jobs or long hours
		Lack of nutrition education
	Sociocultural Factors	Culturally-bound beliefs about weight
		Underutilization of interventions by some demographics
	Family/Friend Factors	Family concerns about weight loss, rest	Supportive spouses
		Family responsibilities	Community support
		Family resistance/lack of buy-in
		Poor food environment at home
Capacity-Level	Message Reinforcement	Discontinuity of weight messages	Positive patient-provider relationships
			Hearing messages from multiple providers
	Referral, Insurance, and Intervention Issues	Lack of referral options	Ability to refer to nutritionists/dietitians
		Referral options not tailored to weight loss
		Inadequate insurance coverage of referral services
		Lack of efficacious weight loss strategies for clinical use