A qualitative study of psychological, social and behavioral barriers to appropriate food portion size control

Table 1 Focus group demographics

Group	Location	Gender	Age range (years)	Number of participants
One	ROI	Female	20-29	8
Two	ROI	Female	30-40	9
Three	ROI	Male	29-39	8
Four	NI	Male	29-59	6
Five*	NI	Male	20-25	7
Six	NI	Female	21-59	4
Seven	NI	Male	19-24	8
Eight†	NI	Female	39-45	4
Nine	NI	Female	22-63	5
Ten‡	NI	Female	35-64	7

Abbreviations: ROI: Republic of Ireland, NI: Northern Ireland.
*All participants were recruited from a rugby team.
†All participants were recruited from a parent and toddler group for children of pre-school age.
‡All participants were recruited from a slimming club.

ISSN: 1479-5868