Towards understanding the new food environment for refugees from the Horn of Africa in Australia
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01/09/2010
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Resumo |
The study explored how African migrant communities living in North-West Melbourne, Australia, conceptualise and interpret the Australian food system from an intergenerational perspective and how this impacts on their attitudes and beliefs about food in Australia. Using a qualitative approach that involved 15 adolescents and 25 parents, the study found significant intergenerational differences in four themes that characterised their new food environment: (1) an abundance of cheap and readily available processed and packaged foods, (2) nutrition messages that are complex to gauge due to poor literacy levels, (3) promotion of a slim body size, which contradicts pre-existing cultural values surrounding body shapes and (4) Australian food perceived as being full of harmful chemicals. In order to develop effective culturally competent obesity prevention interventions in this sub-population, a multigenerational approach is needed.<br /> |
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eng |
Publicador |
Elsevier |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30029525/renzaho-towardsunderstanding-2010.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.06.001 |
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2010, Elsevier Ltd. |
Palavras-Chave | #African refugees #intergenerational #food supply #food attitudes #nutrition information |
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Journal Article |