Eating habits and reactions to dietary advice among two generations of Caribbean people: a South London study, part 1

✍ Scribed by Scott, Penelope ;Rajan, Lynda

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 176 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-8170
• DOI: 10.1002/1528-252x(200009)17:6<183::aid-pdi86>3.0.co;2-f

✦ Synopsis

This article presents the ®ndings of a study into the dietary habits among two generations of Caribbean people in South London. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data from a sample of 80 people with diabetes and 80 people without the disease on topics including food, the body, health and disease. The study's ®ndings suggest that dietary information should take account of the role of traditional foods in people's diets and certain aspects of their concepts of a `proper meal'. Other ®ndings include the probability that healthy eating campaigns/material are not reaching this ethnic group; the low comprehension of nutritional terms used in health education material and the use of other terms to classify foodstuffs among some members of the sample. The study also presented evidence of acculturation in the food habits of the interviewees.