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Table 2 Ranking of top 15 dietary factors (presented in table are mean (SD))

From: Developing a systems-based framework of the factors influencing dietary and physical activity behaviours in ethnic minority populations living in Europe - a DEDIPAC study

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Factor

Modifiability

Priority for research

Effect on Behaviour

SUM

Cluster name

1

Food availability

3.37 (1.18)

3.50 (1.00)

3.93 (1.10)

10.80

Accessibility of food

2

Food policy

3.27 (0.96)

3.95 (0.94)

3.57 (1.19)

10.78

Accessibility of food

3

Perceived barriers

3.82 (0.75)

3.43 (1.27)

3.52 (0.99)

10.77

Psychosocial

4

Nutrition knowledge

4.23 (0.73)

3.20 (1.20)

3.22 (0.89)

10.65

Resources/social capital

5

Food prices

2.68 (1.33)

3.72 (1.17)

4.20 (0.77)

10.60

Accessibility of food

6

Children’s food preferences

3.43 (0.75)

3.35 (0.93)

3.72 (0.91)

10.50

Food beliefs & perceptions

7

Food-related life-style

2.95 (1.00)

3.70 (0.98)

3.77 (1.11)

10.42

Accessibility of food

8

Social role of food

2.23 (0.88)

3.85 (0.81)

3.98 (0.80)

10.07

Food beliefs & perceptions

9

Psycho-social stress

2.95 (1.00)

3.65 (1.09)

3.45 (0.94)

10.05

Psychosocial

10

Food beliefs

2.93 (0.81)

3.42 (0.82)

3.68 (0.92)

10.03

Food beliefs & perceptions

11

Social networks

2.55 (0.83)

3.62 (0.59)

3.68 (0.73)

9.85

Social and cultural

12

Subjective norms

2.87 (1.05)

3.33 (0.87)

3.52 (0.94)

9.72

Psychosocial

13

Accessibility of traditional foods

3.32 (1.08)

3.08 (1.06)

3.05 (1.19)

9.45

Accessibility of food

14

Immigrant related policy

3.05 (1.05)

3.52 (1.14)

2.85 (1.18)

9.42

Migration context

15

Level of acculturation

2.62 (1.20)

3.32 (0.98)

3.28 (0.91)

9.22

Social and cultural

  1. All scores on a scale of 1–5, with 5 as most modifiable, strongest effect, largest priority
  2. aPosition that the factors were ranked in from the 79 diet factors based on 3 criteria of ‘research priority’, ‘expected modifiability’ and ‘potential effect size on behaviour’; factors were scored by 20 people for all 3 criteria