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Theme 2: COVID-19 as a teachable moment exemplar quotations

Theme and subtheme	Exemplar quotations
COVID-19 as a teachable moment
Behaviour change	“I would not say I was worried before but it's kind of like […] kind of solidified my resolutions to kind of have a healthier lifestyle, […] This thing is actually dangerous. And you need to kind of, like lead a healthier lifestyle. And like, this is why it's bad.” – Lucy “I think my activity levels have changed. But I think it's different type of activity … rather than walking from one meeting to another, were trying to get started by going out for like one lunchtime walk or getting it in by doing long walks on the weekend.” – Beth
Weight loss	“I feel that now seeing looking and reflecting over the last nine to 10 months … I'm feeling like a revitalise, I need to do something, I need to refocus on my own health to lose the weight, get going and actually concentrate on losing that weight.” – Jenny “I have like gone through … kind of being overweight at the beginning of lockdown. And then like […] I kind of started to lose weight to, um, kind of like … I'm still in the overweight category, but it's not far until I'll be down” – Harriet “I'm kind of proud to say that I did not gain any weight at all throughout the whole lockdown.” – Lucy
Future health	“It's pretty clear that it … losing the weight would help. It's not just about COVID and the pandemic. It's all about the cancers, your heart disease.” – Jenny “In the last six months, I've lost about a stone. So, I feel like it has helped … but I actually feel healthier for it. Like, with my condition with PCOS, it's a … it's a lot better, and the symptoms are better, and I'm only actually in pain now when I'm on my period. So, I feel like that its actually benefited me losing weight.” – Claire

Theme and subtheme	Exemplar quotations
COVID-19 as a teachable moment
Behaviour change	“I would not say I was worried before but it's kind of like […] kind of solidified my resolutions to kind of have a healthier lifestyle, […] This thing is actually dangerous. And you need to kind of, like lead a healthier lifestyle. And like, this is why it's bad.” – Lucy“I think my activity levels have changed. But I think it's different type of activity … rather than walking from one meeting to another, were trying to get started by going out for like one lunchtime walk or getting it in by doing long walks on the weekend.” – Beth
Weight loss	“I feel that now seeing looking and reflecting over the last nine to 10 months … I'm feeling like a revitalise, I need to do something, I need to refocus on my own health to lose the weight, get going and actually concentrate on losing that weight.” – Jenny“I have like gone through … kind of being overweight at the beginning of lockdown. And then like […] I kind of started to lose weight to, um, kind of like … I'm still in the overweight category, but it's not far until I'll be down” – Harriet“I'm kind of proud to say that I did not gain any weight at all throughout the whole lockdown.” – Lucy
Future health	“It's pretty clear that it … losing the weight would help. It's not just about COVID and the pandemic. It's all about the cancers, your heart disease.” – Jenny“In the last six months, I've lost about a stone. So, I feel like it has helped … but I actually feel healthier for it. Like, with my condition with PCOS, it's a … it's a lot better, and the symptoms are better, and I'm only actually in pain now when I'm on my period. So, I feel like that its actually benefited me losing weight.” – Claire