Pregnant in a foreign city: A qualitative analysis of diet and nutrition for cross-border migrant women in Cape Town, South Africa

Appetite

Volumn 103, Issue , 2016, Pages 403-410

  Hunter Adams, Jo ^a   Rother, Hanna Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health perceptions; Immigrant health; Maternal diet; Nutrition transition

Indexed keywords

CALORIE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NUTRIENT; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; ZIMBABWEAN; ADULT; CRAVING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IRON INTAKE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; TASTE;

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADULT; CRAVING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TASTE PERCEPTION; VITAMINS;

EID: 84968913709     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.05.004     Document Type: Article

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