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This paper entails coding and transcription of interviews conducted previously. The interviews were conducted to investigate health issues like obesity and diabetes and their attribution to poverty. Ten different people were interviewed. The interview questions were:

What policies on obesity do you perceive as having failed?

Why do you think these policies failed?

What should be the best strategy to be applied in handling the obesity problem?

What policies can you consider to be a disgrace in the fight against poverty, obesity and diabetes 2?

What can you cite as the major cause of failure of these policies?

Do the nutrition policies, zoning policies, labeling act help in reducing obesity?

What health policies would you recommend the government to implement in order to guarantee a diabetes free environment?

What should be done to encourage healthy eating habits?

Do you think that if the government offered meal vouchers to Americans living in deprived neighborhoods will reduce the rates at which consumers purchase and consume foods with high calories?

There has been recent creation and establishment of recreation parks despite the looming land and space crisis. Do you think this will encourage more people to participate in recreation activities such as swimming, sports and games?

Their responses portrayed both similarities and differences. The interview results were transcribed and coded accordingly to enhance data analysis (Ryder, 1966). This was done as follows:

Theme Number Part. 1 Part. 2 Part. 3 Part. 4 Part. 5 Part. 6 Part. 7 Part. 8 Part. 9 Part. 10

1 Failed Policies P1L1-2 P1L3 P1L3-4 P1L1-2 P1L3-4 P1L16-19 P4L12 P1L1-2 P1L3-6

2 Policy makers’ expectations P1L3 P1L23-29 P2L13-19 P2L17 P1L1-2 P1L23-25 P1L3-2 P1L3-2 P4L13-19

3 Health Practitioners expectations P1L6 P1L1-2 P1L23 P3L14-16 P3L9-10 P2L24-26 P1L1-2 P4L16-19 P1L1-2

4 Expectations of American Society P2L5 P1L6 P2L17 P3L4-6 P3L16-19 P5L13-19 P3L8 P2L16-19

5 Consumption of high calorie foods P3L4-6 P2L5 P3L9 P2L16-19 P2L3-9 P3L27 P5L13-19 P3L16-19 P4L26-27

6 Participation in exercise P3L8 P3L9-10 P2L10 P5L13-19 P3L8 P5L22-23 P3L16-19 P5L18-19

7 Zoning laws aimed at preventing mushrooming of fast-food cafeterias P3L9-10 P3L8 P4L1 P4L31 P5L5-12 P4L22-23 P5L22-29 P3L22-23 P4L22-23

8 Zoning laws in poor neighborhoods P4L1 P4L22-23 P5L13-19 P3L15-23 P3L39 P3L16-23 P5L25-33 P4L14-19 P5L13-19

9 Hispanics and the blacks constitute of poor neighborhood P4L2-3 P4L21 P4L13 P2L30-31 P4L25-32 P5L15-23 P5L28-31 P2L33-36 P3L15-23

10 nutritionally unbalanced food consumption P4L4 P4L16-23 P4L19-24 P3L16-23 P5L28-31 P2L25-30 P5L13-19 P2L30-31 P4L16-23

11 lack of money to purchase nutritionally balanced foods P4L5-8 P1L13-16 P4L16-24 P5L13-19 P4L1-5 P4L16-23 P3L15-21 P3L19-24 P1L13-26

12 High Priced foods P4L10 P3L1-5 – P4L16-24 P3L16-23 P1L34-38 – P4L16-24 P2L13-16

13 False advertising of foods as ‘safe’ P5L1 P3L16-23 P4L14 P5L4 P4L16-23 P5L13-19 P3L15-23 P1L13-16 –

14 desirability of the current policies P5L2-3 P2L13-11 P4L16-23 P1L13-16 – P5L13-19 P5L28-31 P5L13-19 P5L13-16

15 Problem is due to poverty P5L4 P1L34-38 P6L6-10 P3L16-23 P6L23-26 P4L26-33 P3L26-32 P6L6-10 P5L11-15

16 Obesity and Diabetes are related P5L15-17 P4L31 P3L9-20 P5L26-33 P4L21-24 P3L16-23 P5L19-23 P4L16-23 P3L26-33

17 Food outlets offer high calorie foods P5L18 P4L6-11 P1L34-37 P5L6-10 P6L6-10 P3L21-24 P3L9-20 P6L6-10 P5L13-19

18 Fast-food cafeterias deals with high carbohydrate foods P5L19-20 P4L31 P3L29-40 P4L31 P4L25 P3L34-39 P1L34-38 P3L9-20 P4L31

19 shopping behaviors contributions P5L21-25 P3L26-33 P6L6-10 P4L16-23 P4L26-40 P3L9 P3L28-31 P3L29-40 P1L34-38

20 Behavior in supermarkets and cooking areas P5L31 P5L37 P6L13-16 P5L21-26 P6L1-5 P6L6-10 P4L16-24 P6L23-26 P6L13-16

21 Purchase of foods high in carbohydrates P5L37 P6L6-10 P5L13-19 P4L16-24 P5L25-27 P6L21-24 P6L13-16 P2L25-27 P6L23-26

22 Consumption of food in foods high in carbohydrates P6L1-5 P6L1-5 P6L6-10 P6L13-16 P6L6-10 P6L13-16 P6L6-10 P6L6-10 P6L6-10

23 Purchase and consumption of high calories foods P6L6-10 P6L13-16 P6L1-5 P6L6-10 P6L13-16 P6L6-10 P6L21 P6L13-16 P6L13-16

24 high level of fats P6L13-16 P6L21 P6L21 P6L21 P6L1-5 – P6L13-16 P6L25-27 P6L21

25 minute fiber P6L21 P3L28-31 P6L25-27 – P6L25-27 P632 P6L25-27 P5L24-27 P4L25-30

26 foods labeled as ‘low fat’ or ‘safe’ P6L25-27 P632 P632 P6L25-27 P6L21 P6L21 P632 P6L25-27 P632

27 effects that on health P632 P6L25-27 P6L21 P632 P632 P6L25-27 P6L21 P632 P6L25-27

From the above table,

Part.= Participant

P= page number

L= Line number

Simple coding explanation

All the 10 participants were interviewed based on the above questions. All the 27 themes presented in the table were presented by the participants but their arrangements appeared at different points in terms page numbers and lines with the pages. For instance, the theme of failed field policies, by the first participant, appeared in page 1 from line 1 to line 2. The same theme is presented in the first page but between line 3 and line 4 and in page 1 line 1 to line two for the 3rd participant (Ryder, 1966). The same theme appears in page 4 line 12 for the 7th participant. The same applies to all other themes for all the participants. A blank square implies that the specific theme presented along that specific raw was not tackled by the respective respondent. For example, the theme of minute fiber was not addressed by the fourth respondent.

References

Ryder, R. G. (1966). A Clerically Simple Procedure for Coding Interview Materials. American Psychologist, 21(8), 812-816.