| Cultural differences in assessing dietary intake and providing relevant dietary information to British African-Caribbean populations. | |
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PMID: 11906587 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Diet can play a key role in the management of disorders such as obesity, diabetes and hypertension, conditions highly prevalent in the British African Caribbean population. In this paper, information not previously available is provided on the dietary habits and foods consumed by a British African-Caribbean population representative of the local community. Food frequency questionnaires were obtained from 255 randomly selected subjects in Manchester (78% of Jamaican origin), the nutrient intake results of which are available elsewhere. Here, suggestions are given to ensure that complete and valid dietary assessments (by diet history) are obtained, and the need for the approach to be somewhat different to that used in the White European population, highlighted with examples. Suggestions have also been listed for methods of dietary modification for obesity, diabetes and hypertension, taking into account differences in cultural understanding and food practices. People of Caribbean origin are not from just one territory: food habits and cultural context play an important role in every island, with clear differences between each which persist in first and later generations in Britain. In this paper, we attempt to integrate experience of learning from patients themselves during consultations and from participants in this study, with direct quantitative data on types of foods and their frequency in the local African-Caribbean diet. |
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Authors:
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S Sharma; J K Cruickshank |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association Volume: 14 ISSN: 0952-3871 ISO Abbreviation: J Hum Nutr Diet Publication Date: 2001 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2002-03-21 Completed Date: 2002-05-22 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904840 Medline TA: J Hum Nutr Diet Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 449-56 Citation Subset: IM |
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Clinical Epidemiology Group, University of Manchester Medical School, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. gsharma@crch.hawaii.edu |
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Adult Aged Barbados / ethnology Cross-Cultural Comparison* Diet Records* Female Food Habits / ethnology* Great Britain Humans Jamaica / ethnology Male Middle Aged West Indies / ethnology |
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