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Table 3.

Themes identified from focus group discussions exploring experiences of school-based obesity prevention

Overarching theme	Sub-theme	Discussed by parents and/or children
Impact (of the WAVES study)^a	Improved knowledge and skills among children and parents	Parents and children
	Children trying new foods	Parents and children
	Implementing changes in the home	Parents
	Parental empowerment	Parents
	Role modelling	Parents and children
	Children as agents of change in the home	Parents
Sustainability	Sustainability of messages	Parents
Sustainability	Sustainability of school-based programmes	Parents
Responsibilities (for obesity prevention)^a	Role of parents	Parents
	Role of schools^a	Parents and children
	Schools in partnership with parents	Parents

^aThemes arising from topic guides; all other themes ‘emerged’ from the data