Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition
Volume 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 166-172

Reported macronutrient intake and metabolic risk factors: Immigrant women from Iran and Turkey compared with native Swedish women (Article) (Open Access)

Daryani A.* , Kocturk T. , Andersson Å. , Karlström B. , Vessby B. , Becker W.
  • a Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Department of Domestic Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala Science Park, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
  • b Centre for Migration Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
  • c Primary Health Care, Uppsala, Sweden
  • d Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Department of Domestic Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • e Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
  • f Swedish National Food Administration, Information and Nutrition Department, Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

Background: Immigrants in general seem to be more vulnerable than the host populations to developing nutrition-related chronic conditions. This may be in part related to diverging dietary habits. Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the nutrient intake and its relationship to metabolic variables among immigrant versus native Swedish women. Design: A cross-sectional health survey of 157 randomly selected foreign-born and native Swedish women. This included 24 h dietary recall repeated four times and administered in the native language. Results: Underreporting was significant, especially among immigrant women. There were no major differences in terms of energy distribution of the macronutrients between very low energy reporters and acceptable energy reporters, indicating that the dietary data reflected the qualitative composition in spite of the underreporting of energy intake. Immigrant women consumed less alcohol and obtained a lower proportion of their energy from saturated fatty acids, but a higher proportion from polyunsaturated fatty acids, sucrose and total carbohydrates. Associations between dietary variables and metabolic risk factors were relatively weak. Conclusions: Underreporting might have attenuated possible associations between diet and risk factors. The study illustrates specific problems in the dietary assessment and the need to develop valid techniques when studying groups of people of diverging ethnic backgrounds. © 2006 Taylor & Francis.

Author Keywords

immigrants Metabolic risk factors Turkey Sweden Iran underreporting Dietary intake

Index Keywords

macronutrient immigrant metabolic syndrome X metabolism saturated fatty acid caloric intake human energy carbohydrate polyunsaturated fatty acid ethnic group Turkey (republic) diet alcohol nutritional assessment language Iran distribution volume female risk factor Article adult sucrose health survey
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33845667925&doi=10.1080%2f17482970601069102&partnerID=40&md5=5c3a45b38d620835cef62339085a251b
DOI: 10.1080/17482970601069102
ISSN: 17482976
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English