A review on changes in food habits among immigrant women and implications for health

A Popovic-Lipovac, B Strasser - Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2015 - Springer
The present article covers the range of various factors that impact dietary change among
immigrant women, the consequences for health as well as suggestions for an improved …

Changes in dietary habits after migration and consequences for health: a focus on South Asians in Europe

G Holmboe-Ottesen, M Wandel - Food & nutrition research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Immigrants from low-income countries comprise an increasing proportion of the
population in Europe. Higher prevalence of obesity and nutrition related diseases, such as …

Nutrition-related diseases and dietary change among third world immigrants in northern Europe

M Wandel - Nutrition and health, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Immigrants from the third world are more prone to acquire nutritional deficiency diseases,
such as rickets, osteomalacia and iron deficiency anemia than the rest of the population in …

Changes in food habits among Pakistani immigrant women in Oslo, Norway

T Mellin-Olsen, M Wandel - Ethnicity and Health, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Design Results Conclusion South Asians are generally known to have high
prevalence of diabetes type 2 and coronary heart diseases. The Pakistani immigrant group …

Changing dietary habits of ethnic groups in Europe and implications for health

PA Gilbert, S Khokhar - Nutrition reviews, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A systematic review of the literature suggests the dietary habits of some ethnic groups living
in Europe are likely to become less healthy as individuals increase consumption of …

Influence of socio-economic and lifestyle factors on overweight and nutrition-related diseases among Tunisian migrants versus non-migrant Tunisians and French

C Méjean, P Traissac, S Eymard-Duvernay, J El Ati… - BMC Public Health, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background Migrant studies in France revealed that Mediterranean migrant men
have lower mortality and morbidity than local-born populations for non-communicable …

Changes in dietary habits following temporal migration. The case of international students in Belgium

F Perez-Cueto, W Verbeke, C Lachat… - Appetite, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reports findings from a cross-sectional survey carried out in April–May 2006
among international students enrolled at Ghent University in Belgium. The aim of the study …

An overview of the health status of migrants in France, in relation to their dietary practices

N Darmon, M Khlat - Public health nutrition, 2001 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveTo review studies on the morbidity, mortality and nutrition of migrant populations in
France. DesignA systematic search of the bibliographic database Medline, and direct …

Changes in food habits after migration among South Asians settled in Oslo: the effect of demographic, socio-economic and integration factors

M Wandel, M Råberg, B Kumar, G Holmboe-Ottesen - Appetite, 2008 - Elsevier
The aim is to explore changes in food habits after migration, and the resultant present food
consumption patterns, as well as the effect of demographic, socio-economic and integration …

Obesity, dietary pattern and physical activity among children in a suburb with a high proportion of immigrants

MB Magnusson, L Hulthen… - Journal of Human …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background Obesity among children is a growing problem. Interventions should be planned
to meet needs in different cultural settings. The objective of this study was to explore dietary …