Table 1 Interview Questions on Home Environment, Healthy Eating and Physical Activity

Neighborhood Features that Support or Hinder Physical Activity

What, if anything, about your neighborhood or nearby community makes it easy to be physically active. Probe on: walking trails, parks, streetlights, sidewalks, etc.

What, if anything, about your neighborhood or nearby community makes it hard to be physically active. Probe on: broken or no sidewalks, crime, loose dogs, traffic, etc.

Availability of Healthy Foods

Would you say it is easy or hard to get healthy foods for your family or household? What are some reasons for that?

How often do you have fresh fruits and vegetables available in your home?

Does your family or household have a vegetable garden? How often do you eat fresh or canned foods from your garden?

Family Support for Ideal Body Weight and/or Weight Loss

Has anyone in your family or household ever talked to you about your weight? Who brought it up? What did they say? Did it make you want to try to lose weight? How did you react?

Family Support for Physical Activity

How often, if at all, do you and your family or household members participate in physical activities together? What do you do? What do you think are some reasons for that [not being active together]?

Have you or anyone else tried to encourage your family or household to be more physically active together? What happened with that? Who brought it up? Did it work? How did people react?

What could your family or household do to encourage you to be more physically active?