Gender roles, generational changes and environmental challenges: an intersectional interpretation of perceptions on healthy diets among iTaukei women and men in Fiji.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate perceptions of iTaukei Fijian women and men around diet and the ability to consume a healthy diet.

Design

Six focus groups were conducted with women and men separately. Six to ten women and men participated in each group. Discussions were recorded, transcribed, translated and thematically analysed. Themes were mapped to an intersectionality framework to aid interpretation.

Setting

Four villages in Viti Levu, Fiji.

Participants

Twenty-two women and twenty-four men.

Results

Seven overarching themes were identified, including generational changes in food behaviour, strong-gendered beliefs around food and food provision, cultural and religious obligations around food, the impact of environmental change on the ability to consume a hea

SUBMITTER: McKenzie BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991662 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature