Acculturation and Food Intake Among Ghanaian Migrants in Europe: Findings From the RODAM Study |
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| Institution: | 1. Public Health Section, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom;2. Department of Clinical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Chester, Parkgate Road, Tower Building, United Kingdom;3. Julius, Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands;4. School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;5. Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Nuthetal, Germany;6. Institute of Research for Development, UMR Nutripass IRD, UM, SupAgro, Montpellier, France;7. MOISA, University of Montpellier, INRA, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France;8. Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet–Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway;9. Institute of Nutritional Sciences, University of Potsdam, Nuthetal, Germany;10. Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana;11. Department of Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;12. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveThis study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migrants in Europe by (1) comparing food intake of Ghanaian migrants in Europe with that of Ghanaians living in Ghana and (2) assessing the association between acculturation and food intake.DesignData from the cross-sectional multicenter study Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants were used. Food intake was assessed using a Ghana-specific food propensity questionnaire (134 items and 14 food groups); foods were grouped based on a model of dietary change proposed by Koctürk-Runefors.SettingGhana, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin.ParticipantsA total of 4,534 Ghanaian adults living in Ghana and Europe, with complete dietary data. Of these, 1,773 Ghanaian migrants had complete acculturation data.Main Outcome MeasureFood intake (the weighted intake frequency per week of food categories).AnalysisLinear regression.ResultsFood intake differed between Ghanaians living in Ghana and Europe. Among Ghanaian migrants in Europe, there were inconsistent and small associations between acculturation and food intake, except for ethnic identity, which was consistently associated with intake only of traditional staples.Conclusions and ImplicationsFindings indicate that migration is associated with dietary changes that cannot be fully explained by ethnic, cultural, and social acculturation. The study provides limited support to the differential changes in diet suggested by the Koctürk-Runefors’ model of dietary change. |
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