TABLE 1.

Salient Consequences for Eating Healthy Foods

Themes	Advantages	Themes	Disadvantages
Improving health outcomes	“I lose weight when I do what I’m supposed to do. Intentionally.”	Time	“It takes more times to prepare. More shopping because you can’t buy a week’s worth of groceries.”
	“I no longer have diabetes from the way I changed my eating habits, you know.” The doctor said “what you are doing, keep doing.”	Lack of fresh produce	“The produce will start to spoil after a few days.”
	“It makes you feel good. Get healthier—especially your blood pressure.”	Cost	“But to eat healthy it just cost more. That’s just the way it is.”
	“You will feel better. You will have more energy.”	Physical esthetics	“My friend was like, ‘you’re looking sick,’ and it kind of bothered me. My doctor said ‘Those people are just jealous of you. You’re not sick and there is nothing showing in your blood that anything is wrong with you. They are not used to seeing you. Please do not gain more weight.’”
Maintain health and independence	“Maintaining my health. I have 2 daughters–one lives away and one lives here. I try to keep myself. I don’t want to put them with the responsibility because I have known people that come in everyday and say ‘do this.’ I see things happening with the elderly and the children and kids. I don’t really want that to take place with me.”
Potential for relationships	“We want to lose weight. We want to get married.”
	“Slimmer and get married. Everybody needs companionship, I was married 40 years but my husband is deceased. Companionship…”
Physical esthetics	“You can call it vanity if you will. I just like to look good in my old age.”
	“Eating healthy affects your skin. And water, oh my God, water. This is what keeps skin beautiful …”