Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91673 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2014-03
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
In this note we take a first look at the extent to which ethnic minorities in the UK maintain or diverge from the diet associated with their country of origin; and whether those who maintain their ethnic origin diet eat more or less healthily. We find that immigrants are more likely to eat food of ethnic origins than minority group members born in the UK. Those of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnicity are more likely than other minority groups to eat food of ethnic origin whether immigrant or UK-born. UK born minorities who eat ethnic origin food less often also eat fruits and vegetables less often. Thus maintenance of an ethnic origin diet appears to be associated with healthier eating patterns.
Subjects: 
ethnicity
diet
healthy eating
JEL: 
J15
I18
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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