Dietary intake in Black British adults; an observational assessment of nutritional composition and the role of traditional foods in UK Caribbean and West African diets

Public Health Nutrition

Hannah Style¹  Louise M Goff¹  Louise Timbers¹  Annemarie Knight¹ 

关键词: Diet;    Nutrient;    African;    Caribbean;    Ethnicity;    Culture;    Food consumption;    Dietary acculturation;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980014002584

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Abstract ObjectiveAcculturation to the UK diet may contribute to the increased burden of non-communicable diseases in Black British communities. The present study aimed to assess nutritional composition and the contribution that traditional foods make to dietary intake in a group of UK-residing Caribbean and West African adults and to explore differences according to ethnicity and duration of residence.DesignObservational study. Dietary intake was assessed using multiple, standardised triple-pass 24 h recalls and analysed using a nutritional composition database. Associations between sociodemographic variables and duration of residence with dietary intake were assessed using ANCOVA.SettingLondon, UK, October 2011–December 2012.SubjectsUK adults of Caribbean (n 50) or West African (n 83) ancestry, aged 18–75 years.ResultsThe Caribbean participants were older and more likely to be born in the UK. After adjusting for age, sex and ethnicity, those who had been resident in the UK for the longest duration had significantly higher intakes of energy (P

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