Using interpretative phenomenology to understand the food-related experiences and beliefs of a select group of low-income UK women.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth account of the beliefs and experiences pertaining to food and health from a specific group of low-income women in the United Kingdom.

Design: Data for this in-depth, qualitative study were collected using audiotaped semistructured interviews.

Participants: Fourteen white, European women (aged 40 to 60 years) from a defined low-income group were recruited using systematic, nonprobabilistic sampling.