Table 5 Facilitators in rank order of utterances in relation to MIND diet in 40–55-year olds in Rome and NI: COM-B and TDF domains

Physical opportunity

Environment context

1

48

21

Reflective motivation

Belief about consequences

1

28

17

Reflective motivation

Belief about Capabilities

2

36

16

Reflective motivation

Belief about capabilities

2

27

16

Reflective motivation

Belief about consequences

3

32

14

Physical opportunity

Environmental Context and resources

3

22

13

Social opportunity

Social

4

28

12

Social Opportunity

Social influence

4

21

13

Physical capability

Skills

5

19

8

Physical capability

Skills

5

20

12

Reflective motivation

Identity

6

16

7

Automatic motivation

Emotion

6

15

9

Automatic motivation

Emotion

7

16

7

Automatic motivation

Reinforcement

7

10

6

Reflective motivation

Optimism

8

10

4

Reflective motivation

Intention

8

6

4

Reflective motivation

Intention

9

10

4

Psychological capability

Behaviour regulation

9

4

2

Automatic motivation

Reinforcement

10

7

3

Reflective motivation

Optimism

10

4

2

Psychological capability

Regulation

11

4

2

Reflective motivation

Social/Professional and identity

11

3

2

Psychological capability

Attention

12

3

1

Psychological capability

Knowledge

12

3

2

Psychological capability

Knowledge

13

2

1

Psychological capability

Memory

13

1

1

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