Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Notting Hill, VIC 3168, Australia.
Nutrients. 2022 Aug 30;14(17):3573. doi: 10.3390/nu14173573.
Chinese immigrants living in Western countries are at increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases. Dietary acculturation has been implicated as a potential contributor, but little is known about why diets change post-migration. The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore how and why diets change post-migration for Chinese immigrants living in Australia. Eleven participants undertook semi-structured interviews exploring and comparing their diets when they lived in China to their post-migration diets. Thematic analysis revealed that participants exhibited changed social structures of meal preparation, and made unacknowledged dietary changes, such as recipe modification, to maintain their traditional Chinese diet post-migration. Implications of both deliberate and unrecognized dietary changes post-migration include connections to increased risk for metabolic disease post-migration.
生活在西方国家的中国移民患心血管代谢疾病的风险增加。饮食文化适应被认为是一个潜在的原因,但对于为什么移民后饮食会发生变化知之甚少。本定性研究旨在探讨生活在澳大利亚的中国移民移民后饮食如何以及为何发生变化。11 名参与者进行了半结构化访谈,探讨和比较他们在中国时的饮食和移民后的饮食。主题分析显示,参与者表现出膳食准备的社会结构发生了变化,并且在不知不觉中进行了饮食改变,例如修改食谱,以保持他们在中国移民后的传统中式饮食。移民后有意和无意识的饮食改变的影响包括与移民后患代谢疾病的风险增加有关。