9th Grade Girls Healthy Food Focus Group Transcription

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M: For your homework, you all made a list of healthy foods that you like to eat. So, what did you put on your list? Just one at a time, yell out.

P4: Pineapple.

M: Pineapple. Anybody else put pineapple?

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P4: Me.

M: Okay, so one more. Okay, okay so what else?

?P? Apples.

P1: I was gonna put that but...

M: How many people said apples?

P2: 2

P1: I was gonna but then my dad told me not to because I brought an apple so.

M: [laughter] Okay so would you put it?

P4: Um, strawberries.

P1: I'm... woulda put it but...

P4: Strawberries.

P: ()

M: Okay.

P4: Mandarin oranges.

M: Mandarin ooooh mandarin oranges are those in the can, or are they fresh?

P4: Fresh.

P: Fresh, without a doubt.

P2: I put that too.

M: And you eat them fresh also?

P2: Yes.

M: Anybody else put strawberries. I forgot to ask. Is there more than one? How many people had strawberries?

M: Just one. Go ahead, I like strawberries. What else? What else...

P2: Peaches.

M: Well, this is Georgia.

P4: I put peanut butter crackers. That's not really...

M: Peanut butter crackers.

P1: That's our first nonfruit.

M: Peanut butter crackers is... healthy to you?

P: ()

P3: Tangerines.

M: I'm sorry, what?

P3: Tangerines.

M: Okay and are those fresh are they in another... You eat them fresh?

P3: Fresh.

M: Okay.

P4: Grapes.

M: Grapes? What kind of grapes?

P4: It doesn't matter to me, I just like grapes.

M: It doesn't matter if it's red, green, seedless, seeds.

P2: Ugh, I hate seeds. ()

P4: Grapes are grapes.

M: All seedless, and grapes are grapes. Mmmk.

P: I put...

M: How many people like grapes? Unanimous. Okay, this is a grape group. Get it [laughter]? Okay, so um any other?

P2: Uh huh, I put lettuce, just because sometimes I like to eat it.

P1: Yeah.

P2: Put it in school lunch in a little container, and I just eat it.

M: So, they put it in school. What does it look like in a container in school lunch?

P2: Um, it's an open container that's just like at least that big, and clear it's like yeah, it's clear, and they just put lettuce in it.

P1: And you eat it. And it's plastic?

P2: Yeah, it's plastic, and you can like crumple it.

M: So, a little bit about the container makes it fun too, it sounds like. So, is it just lettuce or is there anything else in there?

P: Tomatoes, but I don't eat them.

M: So, you don't eat tomatoes?

P2: Yeah.

P1: And I put scoops of hummus.

M: Ooo scoops of hummus. So how, how do you eat that?

P1: Um, I put a chip and ?dump the chip in the hummus?

M: Um with what kind of chip?

P1: Um, the Tostitos. Just Tostitos. Whatever ()

P2: I put pears because a lot of schools have pears.

P1: Ew, I like fruit, but I don't like pears that much.

M:[coughing] So are the pears are they like fresh, are they canned, are they...

P2: They're fresh. Yeah, I think they are fresh, they're not canned.

M: And you like them fresh? And you eat them?

P2: Yeah.

M: So, you just eat them at school, or you eat them at home?

P2: I eat them, I just eat them at school, my mom doesn't buy them.

M: Your mom doesn't buy them, but just in school. Okay. {...} Okay so you like them, but you eat them at school, but your mom doesn't buy them. Okay. Anybody else, um, is there more they want to add to the list?

P3: Granola bars.

M: Granola bars.

M: What kind of granola bars do you like?

P3: Chocolate.

M: With chocolate. Okay everybody likes it with chocolate, or you like them different?

P1: There's this one that I like with like salted caramel or something I don't know. It's a granola bar, that's all I know. And I steal it from my friend every day at lunch.[laughter]

P1: Yeah next time that I have it she's going to steal it from me.Then I'm going to steal it back. We're just going to go on forever.

M: So, the salted caramel one you steal, or you steal chocolate too?

P1: Whichever one she has basically.

M And is it just those two flavors or do you like other ones?

P2: Sometimes I have peanut butter, marshmallow, and chocolate.

P1: Yes.

P2: Those are so good, but they have itty bitty pieces of marshmallow.

P1: Yeah.

M: Okay. Great. Are there any other things that we like that are healthy?

P1: Goldfish. I don't know if that's healthy.

M: Goldfish. If you think it's healthy its healthy for right here.

P2: I feel like fruit snacks.

P1: Yeah.

M: What kind of fruit snacks do you eat?

P2: Every kind. The kind that has the less sugar, like these. The strawberry artificially flavored ones.

P:The gluten free.

M: Less sugar, glu... gluten free. Do you know what brand is that?

P2: Um it's Kellogg fruity snacks.

M: Okay.

P2: They have the best cereal. Kellogg's.(Kellogg's is great.)

M: Okay, anybody else. Any other things that are healthy that they eat.

P3: I think fat free ham, honey ham.

M: O, fat free honey ham.

P2: O, cool.

P1: Ham is ham.

P1: I like ham.

P2: Any ham is just good.

P2: Turkey ham. Fried ham.

M: So, there's a lot of you. How many of you say that () ham is healthy? [raised hands] Unanimous.

P1:NowI'm getting hungry.

M: That's the purpose. That's what this group is. We're gonna get hungry, and then there's food later. Okay Um, does this look like a good list, or would you add anything?

P5: Bananas.

M: Who eats bananas?

M:Okay, was that everybody? I can't see.

M: () Good I'm glad you are speaking your opinion. We're all good, good.

P2: Yogurt.

M: And yogurt. What kind of yogurt?

P2: Um. Yoplait yogurt. Any type of Yoplait yogurt.

M: Okay.

P1: I like yogurt. I just don't eat it ever.

M: Okay.

P3: Water.

M: Water, yes.

P2: I like to chew on water because of the ice.

M: O, you like it with ice. Okay.

P1: I can't chew it anymore because of my braces. ()

M: Okay, does this all look good. You're feeling good about these as healthy foods? Awesome.

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