TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation and dietary patterns among residents of Surinamese origin in the Netherlands: the HELIUS dietary pattern study
AU - Sturkenboom, M.
AU - Dekker, L.H.
AU - Lamkaddem, M.
AU - Schaap, L.A.
AU - de Vries, J.H.M.
AU - Stronks, K.
AU - Nicolaou, M.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Objective: Insight into the role of acculturation in dietary patterns is important to
inform the development of nutrition programmes that target ethnic minority
groups. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate how the adherence to
dietary patterns within an ethnic minority population in the Netherlands varies by
acculturation level compared with the host population.
Design: Cross-sectional study using data of the HELIUS study. Dietary patterns were
assessed with an ethnic-specific FFQ. Acculturation was operationalized using
unidimensional proxies (residence duration, age at migration and generation status)
as well as on the basis of the bidimensional perspective, defined by four distinct
acculturation strategies: assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization.
Setting: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Subjects: Participants of Dutch (n 1370) and Surinamese (n 1727) origin.
Results: Three dietary patterns were identified: (i) ‘noodle/rice dishes and white
meat’ (traditional Surinamese pattern); (ii) ‘red meat, snacks and sweets’; and
(iii) ‘vegetables, fruit and nuts’. Surinamese-origin respondents adhered more to
the traditional Surinamese pattern than the other dietary patterns. Neither the
unidimensional proxies nor the bidimensional acculturation strategies demonstrated
consistent associations with dietary patterns.
Conclusions: The lack of consistent association between acculturation and dietary
patterns in the present study indicates that dietary patterns are quite robust.
Understanding the continued adherence to traditional dietary patterns when
developing dietary interventions in ethnic minority groups is warranted.
AB - Objective: Insight into the role of acculturation in dietary patterns is important to
inform the development of nutrition programmes that target ethnic minority
groups. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate how the adherence to
dietary patterns within an ethnic minority population in the Netherlands varies by
acculturation level compared with the host population.
Design: Cross-sectional study using data of the HELIUS study. Dietary patterns were
assessed with an ethnic-specific FFQ. Acculturation was operationalized using
unidimensional proxies (residence duration, age at migration and generation status)
as well as on the basis of the bidimensional perspective, defined by four distinct
acculturation strategies: assimilation, integration, separation and marginalization.
Setting: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Subjects: Participants of Dutch (n 1370) and Surinamese (n 1727) origin.
Results: Three dietary patterns were identified: (i) ‘noodle/rice dishes and white
meat’ (traditional Surinamese pattern); (ii) ‘red meat, snacks and sweets’; and
(iii) ‘vegetables, fruit and nuts’. Surinamese-origin respondents adhered more to
the traditional Surinamese pattern than the other dietary patterns. Neither the
unidimensional proxies nor the bidimensional acculturation strategies demonstrated
consistent associations with dietary patterns.
Conclusions: The lack of consistent association between acculturation and dietary
patterns in the present study indicates that dietary patterns are quite robust.
Understanding the continued adherence to traditional dietary patterns when
developing dietary interventions in ethnic minority groups is warranted.
U2 - 10.1017/S1368980015001391
DO - 10.1017/S1368980015001391
M3 - Article
VL - 19
SP - 682
EP - 692
JO - Public Health Nutrition
JF - Public Health Nutrition
SN - 1368-9800
IS - 4
ER -