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<p>Immigrant women are sometimes confused about dietary advice in the Norwegian healthcare context, which is incongruent with their original traditional beliefs and food culture. This confusion increases their risk of developing food intake-related lifestyle syndromes. However, little is known about their experiences and thoughts about maintaining a healthy eating behaviour. The aim of the present study was to gain insight into how immigrant women, after participating in a nutrition course, reflect on their responsibility for their own health and weight management.</p><p>The present study has a qualitative design and a participatory action research approach. The story-dialogue method (SDM) was adopted to collect and analyse data. Immigrant women (n = 20) from six countries: Kurdistan, India, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kongo and China participated in the study.</p><p>Our study showed that the participants were motivated to take control of their diets to overcome obesity. When motivated to change their habits, the women searched for nutrition information online and sought guidance. When motivated to change, the women actively encouraged family members to switch to healthier eating habits.</p><p>The study underscores the urgency of providing culturally sensitive nutrition guidance. Motivation to change one’s eating habits and lifestyle to be healthier is necessary to achieve change. Culture sensitive nutrition guidance is not just beneficial, but essential for nutrition education and health promotion in an immigrant population. It is crucial that culturally sensitive nutrition information is easily available both online and in health care settings, to ensure the health and well-being of immigrant women and their families.</p>

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Immigrant women’s diet challenges and strategies to achieve healthy eating behaviour for oneself and one’s family – a qualitative story dialogue method study from Norwegian context

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    2026年7月3日

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  • Nima Neolene Wesseltoft-Rao,
  • Usha Subramanian,
  • Jemimah Yambo Sigurdsen,
  • Else Storaas Vatne,
  • Kristin Åmli Van Gilst,
  • Zada Pajalic

摘要

Immigrant women are sometimes confused about dietary advice in the Norwegian healthcare context, which is incongruent with their original traditional beliefs and food culture. This confusion increases their risk of developing food intake-related lifestyle syndromes. However, little is known about their experiences and thoughts about maintaining a healthy eating behaviour. The aim of the present study was to gain insight into how immigrant women, after participating in a nutrition course, reflect on their responsibility for their own health and weight management.

The present study has a qualitative design and a participatory action research approach. The story-dialogue method (SDM) was adopted to collect and analyse data. Immigrant women (n = 20) from six countries: Kurdistan, India, Ethiopia, Sudan, Kongo and China participated in the study.

Our study showed that the participants were motivated to take control of their diets to overcome obesity. When motivated to change their habits, the women searched for nutrition information online and sought guidance. When motivated to change, the women actively encouraged family members to switch to healthier eating habits.

The study underscores the urgency of providing culturally sensitive nutrition guidance. Motivation to change one’s eating habits and lifestyle to be healthier is necessary to achieve change. Culture sensitive nutrition guidance is not just beneficial, but essential for nutrition education and health promotion in an immigrant population. It is crucial that culturally sensitive nutrition information is easily available both online and in health care settings, to ensure the health and well-being of immigrant women and their families.