Multicultural Handbook of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics

Aruna Thaker is a retired HPC registered Consultant Dietitian. Arlene Barton is an HPC registered Dietitian and Lecturer in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics at Nottingham University.

• Contributors viiAcknowledgements ixForeword xiIntroduction xiiiChapter 1 South Asian Sub-continent 11.1 Gujarati Diet 11.2 Punjabi Diet 281.3 Pakistani Diet 411.4 Bangladeshi Diet 721.5 Sri Lankan Diet 85Chapter 2 West Indies 113Chapter 3 East Asia 1353.1 Chinese Diet 1353.2 Vietnamese Diet 1683.3 Japanese Diet 178Chapter 4 Israel 197Chapter 5 Eastern Mediterranean Region 2125.1 Arabic Diet 2125.2 Somalian Diet 236Chapter 6 West Africa 2486.1 Nigerian Diet 2486.2 Ghanaian Diet 266Chapter 7 East and South-East Europe 2777.1 Polish Diet 2777.2 Greek Diet 2967.3 Turkish Diet 306Chapter 8 Maternal and Child Nutrition 3178.1 Introduction 3178.2 Preconception 3178.3 Pregnancy and lactation 3198.4 Childhood nutrition 3268.5 Breastfeeding 3278.6 Bottle feeding 3318.7 Weaning 3378.8 Preterm infant nutrition 3458.9 Food allergy and intolerance 3468.10 Oral health 347Chapter 9 Nutritional Management of Disease 3549.1 Cancer in the different BME groups 3549.2 Metabolic Syndrome and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in BME groups 3639.3 Vitamin D deficiency in BME groups 366Index 379

“This is a fascinating book and a great resource for U.K. nutrition professionals. Its usefulness may be limited in the U.S., but it is helpful as an additional resource on food and culture.”  (Doody’s, 10 August 2012)