Table 2.

Facilitators and barriers to healthy dietary behaviour

Factor	Category	Theme
a. Perceived facilitators	Internal factors	Knowledge of healthy food
		Gardening
		Self-efficacy
		Food preparation skills
		Eating at home or carrying home-cooked food to work
	External factors	Education by healthcare workers
		Food availability
		Proximity to food selling points
		Family support
	Technological factors	Access to information through mobile phones
b. Perceived barriers	Internal factors	Tastes and preferences
		Health conditions barring intake of certain foods
		Random eating of unhealthy foods
	External factors	Inaccurate beliefs and information on food and diets
		Socio-economic factors
		Seasonal unavailability of fruits
		Food safety concerns