Objective: Dietary behaviors serve as determinants for chronic diseases such as hypertension across various ethnicities worldwide and within the USA. We investigated dietary perspectives specifically for US transnational African migrants, a migrant cohort subset of individuals who maintain cross-border ties with their indigenous communities of origin. Method: Using PEN-3 model, focus group interviews with 14 transnational African migrants (seven males and seven females) were conducted in Chicago to explore the perceptions of dietary behavior in regard to chronic disease risk factors among our target population. Results: The findings underscore that transnational African migrants maintain strong ties with their African community of origin,...
African-Americans, Afro-Carribeans and other children of the African diaspora continue to fare worse...
Objective. To explore the perceptions of dietary habits and type 2 diabetes risk among Congolese imm...
ISSUE ADDRESSED: Several studies have attributed excess weight gain after immigration to changes in ...
3rd International Symposium on Nutrition: ‘Urban food policies for sustainable nutrition and health’...
We conducted in-depth interviews with recent immigrants from West Africa to New York City, an under-...
Background: Migration from low to high-income countries is associated with dietary change, but the p...
International audienceOBJECTIVE: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the ...
From PubMed via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2018-10-23, revised 2019-09-04, accepted 2...
Objective: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migra...
Objective: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migra...
International audienceObjective: To study how dietary patterns and physical activity vary with accul...
Objective: To explore how female immigrants from Africa and Asia perceive the host country’s food cu...
Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigra...
Background: West African immigrants in Europe are disproportionally affected by metabolic conditions...
African-Americans, Afro-Carribeans and other children of the African diaspora continue to fare worse...
Objective. To explore the perceptions of dietary habits and type 2 diabetes risk among Congolese imm...
ISSUE ADDRESSED: Several studies have attributed excess weight gain after immigration to changes in ...
3rd International Symposium on Nutrition: ‘Urban food policies for sustainable nutrition and health’...
We conducted in-depth interviews with recent immigrants from West Africa to New York City, an under-...
Background: Migration from low to high-income countries is associated with dietary change, but the p...
International audienceOBJECTIVE: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the ...
From PubMed via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2018-10-23, revised 2019-09-04, accepted 2...
Objective: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migra...
Objective: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migra...
International audienceObjective: To study how dietary patterns and physical activity vary with accul...
Objective: To explore how female immigrants from Africa and Asia perceive the host country’s food cu...
Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigra...
Background: West African immigrants in Europe are disproportionally affected by metabolic conditions...
African-Americans, Afro-Carribeans and other children of the African diaspora continue to fare worse...
Objective. To explore the perceptions of dietary habits and type 2 diabetes risk among Congolese imm...
ISSUE ADDRESSED: Several studies have attributed excess weight gain after immigration to changes in ...