ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2009
Unpacking dietary acculturation among new Americans: results from formative research with African refugees.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Boys and girls differ in their rationale behind eating: a systematic review of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations in dietary habits across countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- A Comparison of Dietary Patterns and Factors Influencing Food Choice among Ethnic Groups Living in One Locality: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Dietary Acculturation and the Nutritional Health and Well-Being of Sub-Saharan African Immigrants Living in Higher-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026Article
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Community-driven approach to promoting healthy culturally tailored diets and cardiometabolic health among East African immigrants in San Diego: a community case study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sub-Saharan African Immigrants Living in the United States Maintain Healthy Diets Despite Dietary Acculturation: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing the Acceptance or Rejection of Dietary and Body Norm Systems Favorable to the Prevention and Control of Type 2 Diabetes Among Sub-Saharan Africa migrants: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Food choices during resettlement among immigrants in the US.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Contexts of reception and refugee health: Experiences of foreign-born people in the United States and Belgium.Journal of migration and health · 2025Article
- Sorting it out: perceptions of foods among newly arrived adolescent refugees in the Southeastern USA.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Food Related Challenges and Mental Health Among U.S. African Migrants: A Narrative Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Review
- Role of country of origin and state of residence for dietary change among foreign-born adults in the US.Health & place · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Nutritional Status with Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) of Syrian Refugees Living Outside the Refugee Camps.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Self-Care of African Immigrant Adults with Chronic Illness.Clinical nursing research · 2022Article
- The Availability of Culturally Preferred Fruits, Vegetables and Whole Grains in Corner Stores and Non-Traditional Food Stores.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Colorectal Cancer-Related Knowledge, Acculturation, and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Among Low-Income Vietnamese Americans in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.Journal of community health · 2020Article
- Nutritional Status and Obstacles to Healthy Eating Among Refugees in Geneva.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Dietary acculturation among African emigrant students in India: determinants and problems.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Inverse Association between Iron Deficiency and Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Ghanaian Adults-the RODAM Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2020Article
- Interactions Between Diet, Physical Activity, and the Sociocultural Environment for Older Adult Health in the Urban Subarctic.Journal of community health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Epidemiological studies focusing on Latino immigrant health have found links between acculturation (time and language competency), weight gain, and disease risk. Since time and language competency are not mechanisms by which diets and activities change, associations between acculturation and weight change offer little to public health professionals who aim to develop nutrition and health interventions. We present a conceptual model and use a mixed-methods biocultural approach to address the fine-grained details of diet and activity choice for new arrivals to the USA. The results of our anthropological work with Liberian and Somali Bantu refugees indicate that, in addition to standard surveys (individual-level characteristics, socioeconomic status, employment, and acculturation), epidemiological research would benefit from the data generated from ethnography and more nuanced behavioral studies. A focus on the lived experiences of new Americans and the explicit examination of institutional support, peer support, and interactions between children and caretakers might offer points of intervention for immigrant health which is a growing public health concern.
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