Table 3

Themes and sub-themes identified through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews

Facilitators of healthy eatingBarriers to healthy eating
Consumers’ perspectives:
  • Individual: education level of employee.

  • Environmental: availability of healthy options; stakeholder’s involvement in promotion of healthy food and healthy eating.

Consumers’ perspectives
  • Individual: food preferences, higher cost of healthy foods.

  • Environmental: unavailability of healthy options, lack of human resources to prepare healthy foods.

Providers’ perspectives:
  • Individual

  • Environmental: stakeholder’s involvement, income of cafeteria, health education about healthy eating to cafeteria staff.

Providers’ perspectives
  • Individual: lack of knowledge and skill for health eating and healthy cooking.

  • Environment: lack of adequate human resources, lack of food supply from local markets.