Osei-Kwasi, H., Boateng, D., Asamane, E.A. et al. (2 more authors) (2023) Transitioning food environments and diets of African migrants: implications for non-communicable diseases. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82 (1). pp. 69-79. ISSN 0029-6651
Abstract
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) disproportionately affect African migrants from subSaharan Africa living in high-income countries. Evidence suggests this is largely driven by forces that include migration, globalisation of unhealthy lifestyles (poor diet, physical inactivity and smoking), unhealthy food environments, socioeconomic status and population ageing. Changes in lifestyle behaviours that accompany migration are exemplified primarily by shifts in dietary behaviours from more traditional diets to a diet that incorporates that of the host culture, which promotes the development of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. This paper presents a critical analysis of dietary change and how this is influenced by the food environment and the socioeconomic context following migration. We used a food systems framework(1) to structure the discussion of the interaction of factors across the food system that shape food environments and subsequent dietary changes among African migrant populations living in high-income countries.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | food environments; dietary change; African migrants; non-communicable diseases |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2022 11:08 |
Last Modified: | 26 Sep 2024 09:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/s0029665122002828 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:194628 |
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