'We should change ourselves, but we can't': Accounts of food and eating practices amongst British Pakistanis and Indians with type 2 diabetes

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-319

  Lawton, Julia ^a   Ahmad, Naureen ^a   Hanna, Lisa ^a   Douglas, Margaret ^b   Bains, Harpreet ^a   Hallowell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Food; Identity; Indian; Pakistani; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCOTLAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 49549111371     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701882910     Document Type: Article

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