Family influences on food choice: context of surviving breast cancer.

摘要: Abstract Objective To explore women's perceptions of family influences on food decision-making in the context having had breast cancer or not cancer. Design Individual interviews exploring their eating habits, health status, and diet, health, beliefs. Setting In Vancouver, a large, multicultural, Canadian city, were held homes offices at university. Participants A culturally diverse convenience sample women aged 40 to 60 years, including survivors (n = 29) who 32). Analysis Verbatim interview transcripts coded by one authors, themes developed sorting summarizing transcript segments. Results Women believed that they catering preferences, even expense own health. particular, men's “meat potatoes” diet proved be barrier dietary change. Breast experienced members more as supporting than resisting healthful eating. Believing diagnosis shifted priorities, some made changes regardless response. Conclusions Implications experience influence significant decision-making. An illness may alter families' negotiations competing values, such takes greater priority preferences maintaining social relations through others' tastes. This an opportune time help introduce