Ethnicity and Diet of Children: Development of Culturally Sensitive Measures

Autor/inn/en	Bruss, Mozhdeh B.; Applegate, Brooks; Quitugua, Jackie; Palacios, Rosa T.; Morris, Joseph R.
Titel	Ethnicity and Diet of Children: Development of Culturally Sensitive Measures
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 34 (2007) 5, S.735-747 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198106294648
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Obesity; Prevention; Quality of Life; Dietetics; Eating Habits; Nutrition; Health Behavior; Cultural Influences; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Food; Cultural Differences; Health Promotion; Northern Mariana Islands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Adipositas; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Lebensqualität; Ernährungslehre; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Ernährung; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Lebensmittel; Kultureller Unterschied; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung
Abstract	Obesity is a growing global concern. Examining dietary habits of individuals can facilitate the development of important prevention approaches, which are needed to decrease the incidence of obesity and other related diseases and improve quality of life indices. Because food preferences and dietary habits vary across cultures, it is essential that prevention programs are based on specific populations. Using both ethnographic and quantitative methods, food-consumption patterns were investigated among 1,125 children in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Differences were observed related to food frequency, age of children, and grade level. Exploratory factor analyses suggested that the individual foods were best organized into food-consumption groups that reflected cultural characteristics rather than more commonly referenced food organizational systems. In addition to developmental differences in food consumption patterns, results suggest that the ethnicity of parents may play a role in the diet of children. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10