Health Beliefs of UK South Asians Related to Lifestyle Diseases: A Review of Qualitative Literature

Table 5

Identified key themes and subthemes.

Themes and subthemes	Study
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Beliefs about origins/cause of CHD or type II diabetes			×		×		×			×
Fatalist approaches to health	×		×					×
The role of diet in preventing/managing disease	×	×	×		×					×
Relationship between physical activity and health		×					×		×
Role of the individual in health/disease management	×	×		×	×	×	×			×
Sociocultural influence on physical activity		×		×	×		×	×	×
Sociocultural influence on food and eating practices		×		×	×	×		×		×
Perceptions of “a healthy weight” and a healthy body				×	×			×	×
Prioritising individual health versus prioritising others						×		×	×