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How and Why Diets Change Post-Migration: A Qualitative Exploration of Dietary Acculturation among Recent Chinese Immigrants in Australia
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posted on 2023-02-10, 04:22 authored by SD Lee, NJ Kellow, Kate HugginsKate Huggins, TST ChoiChinese immigrants living in Western countries are at increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Dietary acculturation has been implicated as a potential contributor, but little is known about why diets change post-migration. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore how and why diets change post-migration for Chinese immigrants living in Australia. Eleven participants undertook semi-structured interviews exploring and comparing their diets when they lived in China to their post-migration diets. Thematic analysis revealed that participants exhibited changed social structures of meal preparation, and made unacknowledged dietary changes, such as recipe modification, to maintain their traditional Chinese diet post-migration. Implications of both deliberate and unrecognized dietary changes post-migration include connections to increased risk for metabolic disease post-migration.
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NutrientsVolume
14Article number
ARTN 3573Location
SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2072-6643eISSN
2072-6643Language
EnglishPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalIssue
17Publisher
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Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineNutrition & DieteticsChinesedietary acculturationdietary changequalitativeCARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE RISKPOPULATIONSFREQUENCYHEALTHAcculturationAsian PeopleAustraliaDietEmigrants and ImmigrantsHumansAgingNutritionBehavioral and Social SciencePrevention3 Good Health and Well BeingAsiansFood Sciences not elsewhere classifiedNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
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