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Assessment of Social Transmission of Food Preferences Behaviors
Published on: January 25, 2018
Food consumption patterns and nutrition transition in South-East Asia
Nur Indrawaty Lipoeto1, Khor Geok Lin, Imelda Angeles-Agdeppa
1Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Andalas University, Jl Perintis Kemerdekaan, Padang - 25127, Indonesia. indra.liputo@gmail.com
Objective:
The present study was done to confirm the relationship between changes in food patterns and nutrition transition in three South-East Asian countries, namely the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Design:
This was a cross-sectional study conducted between August 2008 and August 2009 using three methods: interviews, focus group discussions and analyses of government reports.
Setting:
The study was conducted in rural and urban areas in Manila and Calabanga (Philippines), Selangor and Kuala Selangor (Malaysia), and Padang, Pariaman Tanah Datar and Limapuluh Kota (West Sumatra, Indonesia).
Subjects:
Adults aged 18 to 77 years.
Results:
The results showed that Filipinos, Malaysians and Indonesians have retained many aspects of their traditional diets. In fact, most participants in the study considered Western-style and franchise fast foods as snack or recreational foods to be consumed once in a while only. However, a significant difference was noted between urban and rural areas in food varieties consumed. Participants in urban areas consumed more varieties of traditional foods owing to their availability and the participants’ food purchasing power. Although traditional food patterns were maintained by most of the participants, more sugar and vegetable oils were consumed and added to the traditional recipes.
Conclusions:
The rapid nutrition transition in this region may be due, instead, to increasing food availability and food purchasing power, rather than to a shift in food preferences towards modern Western foods.
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