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Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study

Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigrants in the United States (US). We interviewed twenty-five Ghanaian immigrants (Youth n 13, Age (Mean ± sd) 20 y ± 5⋅4, Parents (n 6) and Grandparents (n 6) age 58⋅7 ± 9⋅7) living in New York City (NYC...

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Autores principales: Horlyck-Romanovsky, Margrethe F., Huang, Terry T.-K., Ahmed, Ramatu, Echeverria, Sandra E., Wyka, Katarzyna, Leung, May May, Sumner, Anne E., Fuster, Melissa
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8477345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2021.69
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author Horlyck-Romanovsky, Margrethe F.
Huang, Terry T.-K.
Ahmed, Ramatu
Echeverria, Sandra E.
Wyka, Katarzyna
Leung, May May
Sumner, Anne E.
Fuster, Melissa
author_facet Horlyck-Romanovsky, Margrethe F.
Huang, Terry T.-K.
Ahmed, Ramatu
Echeverria, Sandra E.
Wyka, Katarzyna
Leung, May May
Sumner, Anne E.
Fuster, Melissa
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description Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigrants in the United States (US). We interviewed twenty-five Ghanaian immigrants (Youth n 13, Age (Mean ± sd) 20 y ± 5⋅4, Parents (n 6) and Grandparents (n 6) age 58⋅7 ± 9⋅7) living in New York City (NYC) to (a) understand how cultural practices and the acculturation experience influence dietary patterns of Ghanaian immigrants and (b) identify intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian youth, parents and grandparents. Dietary acculturation began in Ghana, continued in NYC and was perceived as a positive process. At the interpersonal level, parents encouraged youth to embrace school lunch and foods outside the home. In contrast, parents preferred home-cooked Ghanaian meals, yet busy schedules limited time for cooking and shared meals. At the community level, greater purchasing power in NYC led to increased calories, and youth welcomed individual choice as schools and fast food exposed them to new foods. Global forces facilitated nutrition transition in Ghana as fast and packaged foods became omnipresent in urban settings. Adults sought to maintain cultural foodways while facilitating dietary acculturation for youth. Both traditional and global diets evolved as youth and adults adopted new food and healthy social norms in the US.
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spelling pubmed-84773452021-10-05 Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study Horlyck-Romanovsky, Margrethe F. Huang, Terry T.-K. Ahmed, Ramatu Echeverria, Sandra E. Wyka, Katarzyna Leung, May May Sumner, Anne E. Fuster, Melissa J Nutr Sci Research Article Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigrants in the United States (US). We interviewed twenty-five Ghanaian immigrants (Youth n 13, Age (Mean ± sd) 20 y ± 5⋅4, Parents (n 6) and Grandparents (n 6) age 58⋅7 ± 9⋅7) living in New York City (NYC) to (a) understand how cultural practices and the acculturation experience influence dietary patterns of Ghanaian immigrants and (b) identify intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian youth, parents and grandparents. Dietary acculturation began in Ghana, continued in NYC and was perceived as a positive process. At the interpersonal level, parents encouraged youth to embrace school lunch and foods outside the home. In contrast, parents preferred home-cooked Ghanaian meals, yet busy schedules limited time for cooking and shared meals. At the community level, greater purchasing power in NYC led to increased calories, and youth welcomed individual choice as schools and fast food exposed them to new foods. Global forces facilitated nutrition transition in Ghana as fast and packaged foods became omnipresent in urban settings. Adults sought to maintain cultural foodways while facilitating dietary acculturation for youth. Both traditional and global diets evolved as youth and adults adopted new food and healthy social norms in the US. Cambridge University Press 2021-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8477345/ /pubmed/34616551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2021.69 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Huang, Terry T.-K.
Ahmed, Ramatu
Echeverria, Sandra E.
Wyka, Katarzyna
Leung, May May
Sumner, Anne E.
Fuster, Melissa
Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title_full Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title_fullStr Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title_full_unstemmed Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title_short Intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City: a qualitative study
title_sort intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among ghanaian immigrants living in new york city: a qualitative study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8477345/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34616551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2021.69
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