Post-migration food habits of sub-Saharan African migrants in Victoria: A cross-sectional study

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-102

  Renzaho, André M N ^a   Burns, Cate ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooking practice; Dietary acculturation; Eating pattern; Food habit; Sub Saharan African migrant

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646786388     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2006.00055.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Berry JW. Acculturation and adaptation: Health consequences of culture contact among Circumpolar peoples. Act Med Res 1990; 49: 142-50.
2. Rissel C. The development and application of a scale of acculturation. Aust N Z J Public Health 1997; 21: 606-13.
3. Brown E, Jacobson HN, Askue LH, Peick MG. Influence of pregnancy weight gain on the size of infants born to underweight women. Obstet Gynecol 1981; 57: 13-17.
4. Burns C. Effect of migration on food habits of Somali women living as refugees in Australia. Ecol Food Nutr 2004; 43: 213-29.
5. Kouris-Blazos A, Wahlqvist ML, Trichopoulou A, Polychronopoulos E, Trichopoulos D. Health and nutritional status of elderly Greek migrants to Melbourne, Australia. Age Ageing 1996; 25: 177-89.
6. Hadj E. Dietary patterns and changes among Lebanese living in Australia. In: Truswell AS, Wahlqvist ML, eds. Food Habits in Australia. Melbourne: Rene Gordon, 1988; 341-4.
7. Hsu-Hage BH, Ibiebele T, Wahlqvist ML. Food intakes of adult Melbourne Chinese. Aust J Public Health 1995; 19: 623-8.
8. Saleh A, Amanatidis S, Samman S. The effect of migration on dietary intake, type 2 diabetes and obesity: The Ghanaian Health and Nutrition Analysis in Sydney, Australia (GHANAISA). Ecol Food Nutr 2002; 41: 255-70.
9. Burns C, Webster K, Crotty P, Ballinger M, Vincenzo R, Rozman M. Easing the transition: Food and nutrition issues of new arrivals. Health Promot J Aust 2000; 10: 230-36.
10. Renzaho AMN. Acculturation and its effects on the nutrition and physical activity of African migrant children. PhD Thesis. Melbourne: School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Deakin University, 2004.
11. Jerome NW, Kandel RF, Pelto GH. Nutritional Anthropology: Contemporary Approaches to Diet and Culture. Pleasantville, NY: Redgrave Publishing, 1980.
12. Goode J, Theophano J, Curtis K. A framework for the analysis of continuity and change in shared sociocultural rules for food use. In: Brown LK, Mussel K, eds. Ethnic and Regional Foodways in the United States: The Performance of Group Identity. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1984; 66-88.
13. Berry JW. Cross-cultural Health Psychology. International Congress of Applied Psychology, Madrid, 12-22 July 1994.
14. Berry JW. Psychology of acculturation: Understanding individuals moving between cultures. In: Brislin RW, ed. Applied Cross-cultural Psychology: Cross-cultural Research and Methodology Series, Vol. 14. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications, 1990; 232-53.
15. Flannery WP, Reise SP, Yu J. An empirical comparison of acculturation models. Pers Soc Psychol Bull 2001; 27: 1035-45.
16. Small R, Yelland J, Lumley J, Rice PL, Cotronei V, Warren R. Cross-cultural research: Trying to do it better. 2. Enhancing data quality. Aust N Z J Public Health 1999; 23: 390-95.
17. United Nations. World Population Prospects 1950-2050 (the 1998 Revision). New York: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1998.
18. The African Guide. (Cited 17 Apr 2003.) Available from URL: http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm
19. Australian Bureau Of Statistics. National Nutrition Survey: User's Guide, 1995. ABS Catalogue No. 4363.0. Canberra: ABS, 1998.
20. Australian Bureau Of Statistics. Migration, Australia. Catalogue 3412.0. Canberra: ABS, 2005.
21. Mennen L, Mbaya JC, Cade J et al. The habitual diet in rural and urban Cameroon. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000; 54: 150-54.
22. Barer-Stein T. You Eat What You Are: A Study of Ethnic Food Traditions. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981.
23. Bruinsma JE. World Agriculture: Towards 2015/2030. An FAO Perspective. London: Earthscan Publications, 2003.
24. Agbessi Dos santos H, Damon M. Manuel de Nutrition Africaine. Tome 1. Condé-sur-Noireau: Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et Technique (ACCT). IPD and Edition Karthala, 1987.
25. Labadarios D, Steyn N, Maunder E et al. The National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS): Children Aged 1-9 Years, South Africa, 1999. Stellenbosch: South African Department of Human Nutrition, 2000.
26. Hatloy A, Torheim LE, Oshaug A. Food variety - A good indicator of nutritional adequacy of the diet? A case study from an urban area in Mali, West Africa. Eur J Clin Nutr 1998; 52:891-8.
27. Burns C, Jackson M, Gibbons C, Stoney RM. Foods prepared outside the home: Association with selected nutrients and body mass index in adult Australians. Public Health Nutr 2002; 5: 441-8.
28. Australian Government Analytical Laboratories. Report for Central Australian camel industry. Seaton, South Australia, 1993.
29. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Measuring Dietary Habits in the 2001 National Health Survey, Australia. ABS Catalogue 4814.0.55.001. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2003.
30. Dale D. Between a wok and a hard place. Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, 6 October 2003.
31. Renzaho AMN. Fat, rich and beautiful: Changing socio-cultural paradigms associated with obesity risk, nutritional status and refugee children from sub-Saharan Africa. Health Place 2004; 10: 115-13.
32. Campbell K, Crawford D, Jackson M et al. Family food environments of 5-6 year-old-children: Does socio-economic status make a difference? Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2002; 11 (Suppl. 3): S553-61.
33. Australian Bureau Of Statistics. National Nutrition Survey: Selected Highlights, Australia 1995. ABS Catalogue No. 4802.0. Canberra: ABS, 1997.
34. MacIntyre U, Labadarios D. Diatery intake: Quantitave food frequency method. In: Labadarios D Steyn N Maunder E et al., eds. The National Food Consumption Survey (NFCS): Children Aged 1-9 Years, South Africa, 1999. Stellenbosch: South African Department of Human Nutrition, 2000; 312-67.
35. Nielsen AC. Fast Food Survey. (Cited 12 May 2004.) Available from URL: http://www.acnielsen.com.au/news.asp?newsID=271
36. Swinburn BA, Caterson ID, Seidell JC, James WPT. Diet, nutrition and the prevention of excess weight gain and obesity. Public Health Nutr 2004; 7: 123-46.
37. Worsley A, Crawford D. Awareness and compliance with the Australian dietary guidelines. A descriptive study of Melbourne residents. Nutr Res 1985; 5: 1291-308.
38. Glanz K, Kristal AR, Tilley BC, Hirst K. Psychosocial correlates of healthful diets among male auto workers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1998; 7: 119-26.
39. Kearney M, Kearney JM, Gibney MJ. Methods used to conduct the survey on consumer attitudes to food, nutrition and health on nationally representative samples of adults from each member state of the European Union. Eur J Clin Nutr 1997; 51 (Suppl. 2): S3-7.
40. Packard D, McWilliams M. Cultural foods heritage of Middle Eastern immigrants. Nutr Today 1993; 28: 6-12.
41. Sack D. Eating the Faith: Food and Religion in the Protestant Mainline. (Cited 12 Feb 2003.) Available from URL: http://www.materialreligion.org/ journal/food.html#study
42. Szapocznik J, Kurtines WM. Family psychology and cultural diversity: opportunities for theory, research and application. Am Psychol 1993; 48: 400-407.
43. Rogler LH. International migrations - A framework for directing research. Am Psychol 1994; 49: 701-8.
44. Nelson-Jones R. Diverse goals for multicultural counselling and therapy. Counsel Psychol Quart 2002; 15: 133-43.