TY - JOUR
T1 - Food consumption, nutrient intake, and dietary patterns in ghanaian migrants in europe and their compatriots in Ghana
AU - Galbete, Cecilia
AU - Nicolaou, Mary
AU - Meeks, Karlijn A.
AU - Aikins, Ama De Graft
AU - Addo, Juliet
AU - Amoah, Stephen K.
AU - Smeeth, Liam
AU - Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
AU - Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin
AU - Bahendeka, Silver
AU - Agyemang, Charles
AU - Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
AU - Beune, Erik J.
AU - Stronks, Karien
AU - Schulze, Matthias B.
AU - Danquah, Ina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Background: West African immigrants in Europe are disproportionally affected by metabolic conditions compared to European host populations. Nutrition transition through urbanisation and migration may contribute to this observations, but remains to be characterised. Objective: We aimed to describe the dietary behaviour and its socio-demographic factors among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots living different Ghanaian settings. Methods: The multi-centre, cross-sectional RODAM (Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants) study was conducted among Ghanaian adults in rural and urban Ghana, and Europe. Dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis. Results: Contributions of macronutrient to the daily energy intake was different across the three study sites. Three dietary patterns were identified. Adherence to the ‘mixed’ pattern was associated with female sex, higher education, and European residency. The ‘rice, pasta, meat, and fish’ pattern was associated with male sex, younger age, higher education, and urban Ghanaian environment. Adherence to the ‘roots, tubers, and plantain’ pattern was mainly related to rural Ghanaian residency. Conclusion: We observed differences in food preferences across study sites: in rural Ghana, diet concentrated on starchy foods; in urban Ghana, nutrition was dominated by animal-based products; and in Europe, diet appeared to be highly diverse.
AB - Background: West African immigrants in Europe are disproportionally affected by metabolic conditions compared to European host populations. Nutrition transition through urbanisation and migration may contribute to this observations, but remains to be characterised. Objective: We aimed to describe the dietary behaviour and its socio-demographic factors among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots living different Ghanaian settings. Methods: The multi-centre, cross-sectional RODAM (Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants) study was conducted among Ghanaian adults in rural and urban Ghana, and Europe. Dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis. Results: Contributions of macronutrient to the daily energy intake was different across the three study sites. Three dietary patterns were identified. Adherence to the ‘mixed’ pattern was associated with female sex, higher education, and European residency. The ‘rice, pasta, meat, and fish’ pattern was associated with male sex, younger age, higher education, and urban Ghanaian environment. Adherence to the ‘roots, tubers, and plantain’ pattern was mainly related to rural Ghanaian residency. Conclusion: We observed differences in food preferences across study sites: in rural Ghana, diet concentrated on starchy foods; in urban Ghana, nutrition was dominated by animal-based products; and in Europe, diet appeared to be highly diverse.
KW - Diet
KW - Dietary patterns
KW - Nutrient intake
KW - Nutrition transition
KW - Principal component analysis
KW - RODAM
KW - Sub-Sahara African populations
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U2 - 10.1080/16546628.2017.1341809
DO - 10.1080/16546628.2017.1341809
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046095184
SN - 1654-6628
VL - 61
JO - Food and Nutrition Research
JF - Food and Nutrition Research
M1 - 1341809
ER -
