Gender, Acculturation, Food Patterns, and Overweight in Korean Immigrants

Jasti, Sunitha; Lee, Young Moo; Doak, Colleen M.

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“…soy sauce) or were preserved in salt (e.g. salt-preserved fish) and many Asian immigrant families continue to eat traditional diets after settling in the US (Satia et al, 2001;Brown et al, 2009;Jasti et al, 2011;D'Elia et al, 2012). The role of smoking and dietary factors in the development of gastric cancer should be addressed in health education programs for US Asian communities.…”

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Gastric Cancer in Asian American Populations: a Neglected Health Disparity

Taylor

Hwang

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Gastric cancer incidence rates vary dramatically by world region with East Asia having the highest rate. The Asian population of the United States (US) is growing rapidly and over 17 million Americans are of Asian descent. A majority of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese Americans are immigrants. Americans of East and Southeast Asian descent experience marked gastric cancer disparities and the incidence rate among Korean men in the US is over five times higher than the incidence rate among non-Hispanic white men. Randomized controlled trials have provided evidence for the effectiveness of helicobacter pylori identification and eradication in preventing gastric cancer. Additionally, Japan and South Korea have both experienced improvements in gastric cancer mortality following the implementation of programs to detect early stage gastric cancers. There are currently no clear US guidelines regarding the primary and secondary prevention of gastric cancer in high-risk immigrant populations. However, it is likely that a proportion of US physicians are already recommending gastric cancer screening for Asian patients and some Asian immigrants to the US may be completing screening for gastric cancer in their native countries. Surveys of US primary care physicians and Asian American communities should be conducted to assess current provider practices and patient uptake with respect to gastric cancer prevention and control. In the absence of clinical guidelines, US health care providers who serve high-risk Asian groups could consider a shared decision-making approach to helicobacter pylori identification and eradication, as well as gastric endoscopy.

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Gastric Cancer in Asian American Populations: a Neglected Health Disparity

Taylor

Hwang

et al. 2015

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…1 The four acculturation strategies of Berry (10) As no substantial differences were found between the South Asian Surinamese origin and the African Surinamese origin, the data of the two groups were combined. It has been observed that dietary patterns and acculturation vary on the basis of sex (42,43) . Therefore, we also tested for interaction between acculturation and sex and found this to be present, thus analysis was stratified on the basis of sex.…”

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Acculturation and dietary patterns among residents of Surinamese origin in the Netherlands: the HELIUS dietary pattern study

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Dekker

Lamkaddem

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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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.

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“…Korean immigrants who were younger and living in the US for 8 or more years were more acculturated than older people (62). Women were less-acculturated than men, which suggested a gender difference in acculturation levels (62, 63). Gender differences were attributed to men being more likely to work long hours and therefore more exposed to the American culture (62).…”

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Acculturation, Dietary Acceptability, and Diabetes Management among Chinese in North America

Deng¹,

Zhang²,

Chan³

2013

Front. Endocrinol.

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Immigrants to a new country face many challenges when diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease with a complex treatment involving both medical and behavioral interventions. These challenges will depend upon the extent to which the patient has adapted to the new country’s social and cultural norms, as well as individual factors such as age, education, and gender. This adaptation is termed acculturation. With respect to nutritional interventions for type 2 diabetes, uptake and adherence over the long term will depend upon overall health literacy, the cultural acceptability of the recommended diet. This review has focused on acculturation and its effects on diabetes management in ethnic Chinese in North America as an example of one populous minority and the challenges faced in adopting nutritional recommendations. Research directions and practical considerations are suggested.

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Gender, Acculturation, Food Patterns, and Overweight in Korean Immigrants

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Gastric Cancer in Asian American Populations: a Neglected Health Disparity

Gastric Cancer in Asian American Populations: a Neglected Health Disparity

Acculturation and dietary patterns among residents of Surinamese origin in the Netherlands: the HELIUS dietary pattern study

Acculturation, Dietary Acceptability, and Diabetes Management among Chinese in North America

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