S 2 Figure Code Tree Category VII THREE

S 2. Figure Code Tree: Category VII

THREE ANALYSIS LEVEL : § Context § Practices § Symbolic Dimension CODE 7. 1 Effect on diet {126 instances} Any mentions or reasons given by respondent in relation to how he or she has changed their diet, how it has affected them, and eating habits that haven’t changed. CODE TREE CATEGORY VII: DISEASE MANAGEMENT Any mentions of activities and changes made since diagnosis (food, exercise, medication, etc. ) to manage the disease. CODE 7. 2 Medications Any references the interviewee makes to actions taken to adhere to medication regimen or not take them as prescribed. {65 instances} Ø Diet adjustments in a socially vulnerable context: • Patients who adhered to recommendations • Patients who “accommodated” dietary recommendations. • Patients who did not follow dietary recommendations. Ø Natives Poverty based food cultural beliefs of diabetes origin and its relation with food practices and low adherence to dietary treatment {394 branches} CODE 7. 3 Lifestyle {78 instances} The perception of the interviewee about how he or she changed their lifestyle after diagnosis: affectations, reasons Ø Natives misunderstood cultural practices: meaningless health talk. INTERPRETATION: Food practices, culture and their interrelation. The political dimension of illness. The importance of culture in health behaviors.