Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA; Center for Systems and Community Design, New York, NY, USA.
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA; Center for Systems and Community Design, New York, NY, USA.
J Nutr Sci. 2021 Sep 24;10:e80. doi: 10.1017/jns.2021.69. eCollection 2021.
Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigrants in the United States (US). We interviewed twenty-five Ghanaian immigrants (Youth 13, Age (Mean ± sd) 20 y ± 5⋅4, Parents ( 6) and Grandparents ( 6) age 58⋅7 ± 9⋅7) living in New York City (NYC) to (a) understand how cultural practices and the acculturation experience influence dietary patterns of Ghanaian immigrants and (b) identify intergenerational differences in dietary acculturation among Ghanaian youth, parents and grandparents. Dietary acculturation began in Ghana, continued in NYC and was perceived as a positive process. At the interpersonal level, parents encouraged youth to embrace school lunch and foods outside the home. In contrast, parents preferred home-cooked Ghanaian meals, yet busy schedules limited time for cooking and shared meals. At the community level, greater purchasing power in NYC led to increased calories, and youth welcomed individual choice as schools and fast food exposed them to new foods. Global forces facilitated nutrition transition in Ghana as fast and packaged foods became omnipresent in urban settings. Adults sought to maintain cultural foodways while facilitating dietary acculturation for youth. Both traditional and global diets evolved as youth and adults adopted new food and healthy social norms in the US.
饮食文化适应可能解释了为什么在美国，非洲移民患与饮食相关的疾病的风险不断增加。我们采访了 25 名居住在纽约市的加纳移民（青年 13 人，年龄（均值±标准差）20 岁±5.4 岁，父母 6 人，祖父母 6 人，年龄 58.7±9.7 岁），以了解文化习俗和文化适应经历如何影响加纳移民的饮食模式，以及在加纳青年、父母和祖父母中识别饮食文化适应的代际差异。饮食文化适应始于加纳，延续到纽约市，被视为一个积极的过程。在人际层面上，父母鼓励孩子接受学校午餐和家庭以外的食物。相比之下，父母更喜欢自家烹饪的加纳饭菜，但忙碌的日程限制了烹饪和共同用餐的时间。在社区层面上，纽约市较高的购买力导致卡路里摄入增加，年轻人欢迎个人选择，因为学校和快餐店让他们接触到新的食物。全球化力量促进了加纳的营养转型，因为快餐和包装食品在城市地区随处可见。成年人试图在促进年轻人饮食文化适应的同时，保持文化饮食方式。传统饮食和全球饮食都在演变，因为年轻人和成年人在美国采用了新的食物和健康的社会规范。
