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Nutrition intervention in ethnic minority groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2007

Jane Thomas
Jane Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London, London SE19NN, UK
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Development of effective intervention strategies to meet the needs of people with ethnic minority origins is dependent on two factors: an understanding of the modifiable risk factors which can form the basis of intervention; an understanding of the relevant health behaviours so that appropriate strategies can be designed. The present paper briefly reviews the evidence concerning the part that nutritional and dietary factors play in the aetiology of the observed patterns of disease in these groups and the limitations of the data as a basis for intervention. Consideration is also given to the available information concerning factors influencing health behaviour (particularly eating behaviour) and the applicability of commonly-used models of behaviour change to people of ethnic minority origin. Finally, the results of nutrition intervention programmes will be examined with a view to identifying lessons for the future.

Keywords

Ethnic minority groupsIntervention strategiesModifiable risk factorsHealth behaviour
Type
Meeting Report
Information
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , November 2002 , pp. 559 - 567
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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