Food cultures and aging: a qualitative study of grandparents’ food perceptions and influence of food choice on younger generations

To explore food perceptions among grandparents and understand the influence of these perceptions on food choice for the younger generations in their family.Qualitative methodology, thematic analysis of the transcripts from fourteen focus groups.Grandparents in the southern region of the United States.Participants were fifty-eight Black, Hispanic, and White grandparents, predominantly women (72%), ranging in age from 44-86 years (mean age = 65·4...