Dietary Patterns in Japanese Migrants to Southeastern Brazil and Their Descendants
Marly Augusto Cardoso, Gerson Shigueaki Hamada, J M Souza, Shoichiro Tsugane, Shinkan Tokudome
Journal of Epidemiology
Abstract
This paper describes the dietary patterns of people of Japanese ancestry living in São Paulo, Brazil. Two cross-sectional surveys using a food frequency questionnaire (in 1989 and 1995) and self-administered three-day food record (only in 1995) were carried out in randomly chosen first-generation (Japan-born) and second-generation (Brazil-born) Japanese living in the city of São Paulo (n = 166), aged 40-69 years at the time of the first survey (1989). Daily intake of rice, bread, milk, fruits and coffee, and infrequent consumption of pork, green tea, black tea, tsukemono (pickled vegetables), seaweed and mushrooms were reported. The mean (+/- standard deviation) daily proportions of energy from fat among Japan-born participants were 27.2 +/- 6.7% for men and 26.2 +/- 6.7% for women. The respective figures for Brazil-born Japanese were 30.1 +/- 7.4% and 29.5 +/- 6.4%. These values were quite close to recent estimates for the general Brazilian population in metropolitan areas (about 30%), but seem to be higher than available data from Japan (25.3%). Dietary changes in this migrant population are discussed with focus on nutrients currently implicated in the etiology of major chronic diseases.
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Japan-born participants consume rice, bread, milk, fruits, coffee, pork, green tea, black tea, tsukemono, seaweed, mushrooms
“Daily intake of rice, bread, milk, fruits and coffee, and infrequent consumption of pork, green tea, black tea, tsukemono (pickled vegetables), seaweed and mushrooms were reported.”
Brazil-born Japanese consume 30.1% (men) and 29.5% (women) of daily energy from fat
“The respective figures for Brazil-born Japanese were 30.1 +/- 7.4% and 29.5 +/- 6.4%.”
Japan-born participants consume 27.2% (men) and 26.2% (women) of daily energy from fat
“The mean (+/- standard deviation) daily proportions of energy from fat among Japan-born participants were 27.2 +/- 6.7% for men and 26.2 +/- 6.7% for women.”