Dietary changes in migrant adolescents with increasing length of stay in Australia and associated risk of wheeze – a retrospective, cross sectional study

BMC Pediatrics

Peter G. Gibson⁵  Helen Kepreotes¹  Richard Henry²  Sally Galbraith³  Bronwyn S. Berthon⁶  Smita Shah⁴  Marivic Lagleva⁴  Lisa G. Wood⁶ 

[1] Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, Randwick Campus, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia;School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;Primary Health Care Education and Research Unit, Western Clinical School and School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital, Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights 2305, NSW, Australia;Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

关键词: Fibre;    Saturated fat;    Nutrition;    Migration;    Paediatrics;   

Others  :  1224649
DOI  :  10.1186/s12887-015-0420-x

 received in 2014-05-18, accepted in 2015-08-17,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Recent studies have reported that asthma prevalence increases on migration to Australia. We hypothesised that changes in dietary intake contribute to this phenomenon. The aim of this study was to assess dietary intake in relation to migration status, length of stay in Australia and the association with self-reported wheeze.

Methods

Students (n = 144) in a multicultural high school in Western Sydney completed the asthma symptoms ISAAC video questionnaire (AVQ3.0), spirometry and allergy skin prick tests. A dietitian administered a’Food Frequency’ and ‘Food Habits’ questionnaire and a dietary history interview.

Results

Students who spoke a language other than English, consumed a traditional or mixed dietary pattern, with lower consumption of saturated fat, compared to students who spoke English only. Saturated fat intake increased and fibre intake decreased with length of time in Australia. Intake of foods high in saturated or trans fatty acids were positively associated with length of stay in Australia. No associations between nutrient intake or whole food intake and self-reported wheeze were observed.

Conclusion

As time progressed, dietary intake of immigrant children changed. While this was not associated with the development of wheeze in the students in this cohort, these changes are likely to have negative health consequences.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Wood et al.

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