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SUBMITTER: Horlyck-Romanovsky MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477345 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Horlyck-Romanovsky Margrethe F MF Huang Terry T-K TT Ahmed Ramatu R Echeverria Sandra E SE Wyka Katarzyna K Leung May May MM Sumner Anne E AE Fuster Melissa M
Journal of nutritional science 20210924
Dietary acculturation may explain the increasing risk of diet-related diseases among African immigrants in the United States (US). We interviewed twenty-five Ghanaian immigrants (Youth <i>n</i> 13, Age (Mean ± sd) 20 y ± 5⋅4, Parents (<i>n</i> 6) and Grandparents (<i>n</i> 6) age 58⋅7 ± 9⋅7) living in New York City (NYC) to (a) understand how cultural practices and the acculturation experience influence dietary patterns of Ghanaian immigrants and (b) identify intergenerational differences in die ...[more]