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HEALTH & PLACE
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 934-941Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.007
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Dietary acculturation; Refugees; Food desert; Food acquisition; Food neighbourhood
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This study investigated how recently arrived refugees acquired food in their local food neighbourhood. Ten African humanitarian migrants belonging to separate households were asked to keep a travel and food diary for one week. Participants' food neighbourhoods were mapped using online satellite pictures and direct observation On average 78 food outlets were available within a 2 km radius of participants' homes. Vegetable consumption was higher in participants who resided < 1 km from a major grocery retailer (p < 0 05) Foods provided during migrant orientation events were the major opportunities where subjects were introduced to foods more typical of reported usual intake in the general sedentee Australian population The initial 12 months of resettlement is a critical period for acculturation as participants stabilise food habits While participants seemed not to live in food deserts, intakes of all food groups remained inferior to recommended levels suggesting physical proximity and implied in-store choice alone do not guarantee a healthy diet. Migrant orientation events may represent an Important setting for education about suitable options for adopting new foods into diets Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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