Table 4.

Themes and categories of FGDs

Example codes	Sub-categories	Categories	Themes
My husband takes me to do exercise together.	Mutual support from family/friends	Bonding social capital	Facilitators of healthy lifestyle adoption
Team sports helped me sticking to daily exercise.	Motivation to participate in regular exercise
Community doctors are very nice. They help us a lot.	Cooperative relationships with community health workers	Bridging social capital
Most of us know what to do to adopt healthy lifestyle.	High level of awareness about healthy lifestyle nationwide	Linking social capital
My wife usually cook and put a lot of oil.	Negative influence from family/friends	Bonding social capital	Barriers of healthy lifestyle adoption
I do anything I want because nobody suggest me to change.	Insufficient support from family/friends
I need to drink a lot to keep good relationship with friends.	Peer pressure
It is OK for an old man to get fat.	Tolerance towards unhealthy lifestyles
We have health knowledge but don’t know how to do.	Insufficient support from health professionals	Bridging social capital
No enough doctors in the community health centers.	Inequity in allocation of public resources	Linking social capital