Food, Identity, and African-American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: An Anthropological Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorLiburd, L. C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:58Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:58Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractDietary practices are deeply rooted in history and culture. Anthropologists have long recognized that food choices and modes of eating reflect many symbolic, affective, familial, and gender-specific associations. African-American women with type 2 diabetes may find that modifying their dietary patterns is particularly challenging given the highly ritualized nature of eating and food selection and the meanings encoded in foods and food-centered events in the African-American experience. When health care providers understand the historical and social shaping of food patterns, they can work in partnership with people with type 2 diabetes to shift cultural norms toward healthy eating.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diaspect.16.3.160
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mkrh-hhjd
dc.identifier.citationLiburd, L. C. (2003) Food, Identity, and African-American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: An Anthropological Perspective. Diabetes Spectrum, 16 (3). pp. 160-165.
dc.identifier.issn1040-9165
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23590
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectinterventions
dc.subjectfood choices
dc.subjectAfrican-American women
dc.subjecttype 2 diabetes
dc.titleFood, Identity, and African-American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: An Anthropological Perspective
dc.typeArticle

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