Post-migration dietary changes among African refugees in Geneva: A rapid assessment study to inform nutritional interventions

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Kruseman, Maaike ^a   Barandereka, Nelly Ange ^b   Hudelson, Patricia ^a   Stalder, Hans ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b School of Dieticians   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Cultural diversity; Dietary change; Fruit; Nutrition education; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASTE ACUITY; VEGETABLE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFUGEES; SWITZERLAND; VEGETABLES;

EID: 22844449017     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-005-4006-5     Document Type: Article

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