Table 1.

Major topics from Satia-Abouta's model, discussion guide and questions⁽²⁰⁾

Topic	Questions
Environmental factors	In what way has living in Boston influenced your eating of traditional foods from your culture?
	Describe the availability of traditional/culturally appropriate foods in your community.
	If traditional/culturally appropriate foods are available, how would you describe their prices? Affordable? Not affordable?
	If traditional/culturally appropriate foods are available, describe your travel time to get these foods.
	Describe the time that you have to devote to preparing foods from your home country or culture.
	Describe the availability of restaurants that serve the food or similar food from your home country.
	In what way does time availability play a role in your preparation of foods from your home country?
	Do you think your education or income had an impact on the way that you ate when you first came to this country?* Has this changed at all today? And if so, how?
	In what ways do you think the other people who currently live with you influence your eating? (For example, older adults in the household)
Psychosocial factors and taste preferences	In what ways is your preference for foods influenced by your culture?
	In what ways has your preference for foods changed (if at all) since you moved to the U.S.?*
	In what ways has your beliefs about diet-related disease such as heart disease, diabetes and obesity changed since you moved to the U.S.?*
	How have these beliefs influenced the way you eat?
	What are your thoughts on African Americans’ (or people in your country of birth's) perception about diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes (sugar) and heart disease?
	How have these beliefs influenced the way you eat?
	How does the culture of your ethnic group influence the way you eat?
	Can you share any particular foods/dishes that you eat from your culture?
	In what ways has your diet changed since you've moved to the U.S.?*
	In what ways has your diet stayed the same since you've moved to the U.S.?*
	In what ways do you think your age of migration might have influences on your diet today?*
	In what ways did your personal circumstances of moving to the U.S. (i.e. more educational opportunities and for other economic opportunities) contribute to your diet when you came to the U.S.?*

U.S., United States of America.

* Question asked to Caribbean/Latin American-born and African-born Blacks.