Food consumption of immigrants in Elda county

Abstract

In Spain, immigration is a recent and exponentially increasing phenomenon. In the geographical area corresponding to the department of health no.18, most immigrants come from South America, Morocco and Rumania. The feeding patterns of these people have a strategic value regarding culture and health. We present a work in which 170 immigrants have been interviewed, with the aim of assessing one of the main aspects: food consumption. The results indicate that immigrants maintain a balanced consumption of immediate principles, although some basic foods groups are insufficiently consumed by them. In addition, the length of their stay could be considered a crucial factor towards the assimilation of the currently unbalanced nutritional pattern of Spanish people.

Keywords

• Hábitos alimentarios
• Inmigrantes
• Nutrición comunitaria