Perceptions, Facilitators, and Barriers to Consumption of Whole Grain Staple Foods among Overweight and Obese Tanzanian Adults: A Focus Group Study

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Sample questions that were used to guide the focus group discussions.

	Question
(1)	Please describe the kind of foods, including types of rice, that people in your community generally like to eat and why?
(2)	What are some of the qualities you would look for when you buy rice?
(3)	What do people generally prefer, white or brown rice, and why is this is so?
(4)	Earlier on you have all tasted the brown rice, let me know how do you find the taste? Is it palatable? If not, why?
(5)	Do you think people in general will readily accept brown rice as their staple rice?
(6)	What are some of the major barriers people experience to consume brown rice?
(7)	How would people react if they were told that brown rice was very good for health in comparison to white rice and contained minerals, vitamins, and fiber that white rice does not have?
(8)	What suggestions do you have to make brown rice more appealing to people?