Table 8 Components of the social media nutrition support participants found helpful
Theme | Description | Example Participant Quotes |
|---|---|---|
Food ideas | Participants found the recipes, cooking videos and snack ideas helpful for cooking meals that aligned with the intervention | It was nice to see posts with inspiration for meals that were healthy and vegetarian The recipe ideas were particularly helpful |
Healthy eating education | Participants found the educational tips and videos on healthy eating useful and motivating | The presentation videos at the start of each block. I appreciated the broader coverage of topics which were based on up-to-date evidence It was useful to get some trustworthy information about diet, as there's a lot of contradicting and sometimes unsafe tips online |
Consistent support and connection | Participants found it helpful having a point of connection and group where they could ask questions | Knowing i could ask questions if i needed to It was good to see that there were other people who were also taking part in the study, and hearing their thoughts on it It is good to have support and group |
Reminders | Participants found it useful as a reminder/nudge to eat healthily | Good reminders of little steps to improve healthy eating Helpful updates and tips to keep us on track |