Table 1.

High frequency observations from the immersion experience

No.	Themes	Incidencea
1	Strong family and/or social network	68%
2	Church/religion/spirituality as an important aspect of daily activities	55%
3	Co-occurrence of 1 and 2	44%
4	Social structure and/or culture as a determinant (constructive or obstructive) in allowing (positive or negative) behaviour change	60%
5	Food (quality, type, portion size) as a (mainly negative) determinant of health	55%
6	Financial constraints	44%

^aFrequency of reporting in the reflective essays