Changing Places, Changing Plates? A Binational Comparison of Barriers and Facilitators to Healthful Eating Among Central American Communities.
J Immigr Minor Health
; 20(3): 705-710, 2018 06.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28424997
To understand the process by which immigrants adopt dietary practices, this study offers a binational comparison of factors that predispose, enable, and reinforce healthful eating in the sending and receiving countries. Data are from two qualitative studies that examined barriers and facilitators to healthful eating in El Salvador (four focus groups, n = 28 adults) and in the US (30 in-depth interviews n = 15 mothers recently migrated from Central America). There was a strong emphasis on hygiene and vitamin-content of foods among participants in El Salvador. In both settings, participants perceived that their respective community food environments (schools, food stores) exposed their families to highly processed, unhealthful foods. In both settings, they described similar struggles to encourage their families to eat foods healthfully (traditional, home-made foods). These results underscore the importance of acknowledging the changing food environment in sending countries where people may already be exposed to processed foods.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hispanic or Latino
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Emigrants and Immigrants
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Food Preferences
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Diet, Healthy
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America central
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America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Immigr Minor Health
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States