Nutrition Problems and Adaption of Migrants in a New Cultural Environment*

Freedman, Robert L.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2435.1973.tb00896.x

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“…For example, they often encounter an entirely different price structure, frequently including a new set of commodity options. It is very difficult to change staple foods, particularly for those dealing with the stress of living in a new, alien environment [49]. The result may be that the migrants pay considerably more for their old foods rather than adapting to new ones, which may taste different and require new preparation procedures.…”

Section: Adjustments Migrants Must Makementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Employment figures for 578 large cities [9] show that 57%-73% of the urban poor labour force are employed by others and no more than 30% work in any one sector; manufacturing and commerce represent the largest sources of employment. Economic food markets and related distribution, preparation, and sales activities in the city involve large numbers of workers, particularly in the informal sector [49]. (The informal urban sector consists of jobs with few formal terms of reference for salary, hours, and benefits.)…”

Section: Urban Employment and Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nutrition and Urbanization (Part 2): Urbanization and Nutrition in Low-Income Countries

Popkin¹,

Bisgrove²

1988

Food Nutr Bull

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The last half of this century has seen a demographic revolution in low-income countries. Urbanization brought on by migration and natural increase has become a dominant factor in all regions. Unlike urbanization in the higher-income countries of the world, which is associated with major advances in science, technology, and social organization as well as absorption of large populations, urbanization in low-income countries has not been accompanied by the same level of "economic and cultural progress.. . [and] has become a source of major concern" [1]. The accelerated growth of urban populations in low-income countries has tremendous social, economic, nutritional, health, and environmental consequences, as increasing numbers of urban poor live in crowded slums and squatter settlements with limited access to the basic resources necessary for a healthy and productive existence. The goals of this article are to describe the demographic, economic, and environmental dimensions of urban growth in low-income countries and to develop an understanding of the implications of rapid urban growth for the design of food and nutritional policies and programmes. To accomplish this, we examine the question, Are there unique urban policy and programme needs? This question has three components: (1) Are there unique nutritional needs? (2) Are unique factors associated with these nutritional needs and with the use and success of programmes and policies designed to address them? (3) Are there unique policy and programme issues and options to consider? Most significant of reasons for this focus is the lack of attention paid to urban nutrition needs. Most of the research on nutrition in low-income countries as well as most of our programme design, implementation, and evaluation are based on rural populations and needs [2]. For instance, of the 1,324 English-language citations in publications from INCAP (the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama) from 1949 to 1985, only 2.6% relate to urban communities and only 0.2% focus exclusively on city-based populations [3]. Demographic, economic, and environmental dimensions of urbanization Eight issues indicated the enormity of needs of the urban sector: the proportion of people living in cities, rapid population-growth rates, absolute increases of population, concentrated population growth, a shift in the proportion of poor residing in cities, the proportion living in slum and squatter areas, environmental conditions, and basic health conditions.

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Section: Adjustments Migrants Must Makementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Urban Employment and Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutrition and Urbanization (Part 2): Urbanization and Nutrition in Low-Income Countries

Popkin¹,

Bisgrove²

1988

Food Nutr Bull

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Food‐choice and nutrient‐intakes of male Nigerian students in Aberdeen

Lockie

Dickerson

1991

J Human Nutrition Diet

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Fifty‐one male Nigerian students completed a questionnaire on their food‐habits in Aberdeen and Nigeria. Few changes to food‐habits were made during their stay in Aberdeen. Forty‐five of the subjects used a food‐diary to record their food‐intake, Portion‐weights from weighed intakes carried out by male Nigerian students were used to calculate nutrient‐intake. The results differed from those reported in studies on Caucasians. Intake of some vitamins was low. Fibre‐intake was a little lower than that reported for Africans by other researchers and the same as that reported for European students. The amount of energy supplied by carbohydrate, fat and saturated fat was in line with current recommendations for the United Kingdom.

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The Role of Ethnicity in the Geography of Consumption

2009

Urban Geography

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Nutrition Problems and Adaption of Migrants in a New Cultural Environment*

Cited by 3 publications

References 22 publications

Nutrition and Urbanization (Part 2): Urbanization and Nutrition in Low-Income Countries

Nutrition and Urbanization (Part 2): Urbanization and Nutrition in Low-Income Countries

Food‐choice and nutrient‐intakes of male Nigerian students in Aberdeen

The Role of Ethnicity in the Geography of Consumption

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