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Food intake of young people with a migration background living in Germany.
- Source :
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Public health nutrition [Public Health Nutr] 2010 Mar; Vol. 13 (3), pp. 324-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Aug 06. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Objective: To explore the food intake of young migrants living in Germany.<br />Design: Children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years living in Germany, including 17.1 % with a migration background, were examined in a representative health survey. Food frequency data of 7186 boys and 6919 girls, aged 3 to 17 years, were analysed separately for Turkish, Russian Germans, other migrants and non-migrants. Daily food intake was calculated and a healthy diet score was used to allow an overall interpretation of the diet. Using stepwise linear regression, the association between migrant status and healthy diet score was analysed.<br />Results: Turkish participants (4.8 %) consumed significantly more soft drinks, fried potatoes, chocolate cream and snacks than all other groups and significantly less meat than other migrants and non-migrants. Turkish as well as other migrants (8.8 %) ate more poultry, fish and pasta/rice, and less sausage/bacon and cooked potatoes, than Russian Germans and non-migrants. Russian Germans (3.5 %) consumed less cooked vegetables than non-migrants and other migrants. Non-migrants had a better mean dietary score than Russian Germans and other migrants. A less preferable diet score was associated with higher age, male sex, being a migrant from Russia, low or middle socio-economic status, and living in rural or provincial areas.<br />Conclusions: The study showed considerable differences in dietary habits between young persons of different origin. This underlines the importance of focusing on ethnic groups in dietary interventions.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet Surveys
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food Preferences
Germany
Health Surveys
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Rural Population statistics & numerical data
Russia ethnology
Sex Distribution
Socioeconomic Factors
Turkey ethnology
Urban Population statistics & numerical data
Acculturation
Diet ethnology
Diet statistics & numerical data
Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1475-2727
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Public health nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19656441
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980009991030