title: Changing food habits in a South Indian Hindu Brahmin community: a case of transitioning gender roles and family dynamics.
abstract: This study was conducted to explore the perceptions of 20 South Indian Hindu Brahmin women on the factors influencing their food habits upon immigrating to America. The competing demands of juggling a new career and managing their family's nutritional needs at the same time, all without the support of extended family members, played an important role in steering these women away from cooking traditional healthy meals, and resorting to fast foods instead. Intervention strategies should be directed toward improving the barriers to eating healthy that were specifically identified within the confines of shifting gender roles and limited family support networks.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences , Montclair State University , Montclair , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Emily Rose
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Raines
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000569:Americas; D003296:Cooking; D004032:Diet; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D057140:Fast Foods; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D062407:Meals; D017748:Time Management
keywords: Brahmin; Hindu; South Indian; family; gender