Factors that affect the food choices made by girls and young women, from minority ethnic groups, living in the UK

TY - JOUR

T1 - Factors that affect the food choices made by girls and young women, from minority ethnic groups, living in the UK

AU - Lawrence, J M

AU - Devlin, E

AU - Macaskill, S

AU - Kelly, M.

AU - Chinouya, M

AU - Raats, M M

AU - Barton, K. L.

AU - Wrieden, W. L.

AU - Shepherd, R

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Lower birth weight, often found in infants from minority ethnic groups, may be partly because of the disproportionate representation of ethnic minority groups in low-income areas. To develop an intervention, to improve the nutritional intake of young women from populations at risk of low-birth-weight babies, which would be culturally sensitive and well received by the intended recipients, a community development approach was used to investigate factors that might influence food choice and the nutritional intake of girls and young women from ethnic minority groups.

AB - Lower birth weight, often found in infants from minority ethnic groups, may be partly because of the disproportionate representation of ethnic minority groups in low-income areas. To develop an intervention, to improve the nutritional intake of young women from populations at risk of low-birth-weight babies, which would be culturally sensitive and well received by the intended recipients, a community development approach was used to investigate factors that might influence food choice and the nutritional intake of girls and young women from ethnic minority groups.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00766.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2007.00766.x

M3 - Meeting abstract

C2 - 17635308

SN - 0952-3871

VL - 20

SP - 311

EP - 319

JO - Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

JF - Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

IS - 4

ER -