A hospital in Amsterdam’s Slotervaart neighbourhood is offering counseling to diabetic residents who want to fast during Ramadan. Patients attend the clinic to seek advice or shift the dosage of their medication. Often, they are advised against fasting. Clinic nurse Fatima Malki explains, “We have to tell them it’s not a good idea. We explain…
Immigrants run a risk 2-6 times greater than native Belgians in developing type 2 diabetes. According to the Flemish Diabetes Associations (VDV), Surinamese, Hindus, Turks, and Muslims appear significantly most susceptible to the disease among immigrants. The VDV has also states that ethnicity is a big risk factor, in addition to the hereditary tendency for…
The numbers of immigrants living with diabetes in Spain is estimated between 15-25 percent of immigrants, compared to just 12 percent among native Spaniards. “We think there are around 500,000 diabetic immigrants, diagnosed and not, most of whom are Latin American, Moroccan and Pakistani”, explains Josep Franch at the Raval Sud Drassanes medical clinic in…
The Faculty of education of Lumsa and Regione Lazio has sponsored a pilot project aimed to inform and sensitize immigrants about food in Italy. A leaflet describing _healthy lifestyle’ included information about alimentary habits of some ethnic groups in Italy, and a food pyramid built on the principles of nutritional information and a importance of…
According to a study carried out by the Department of Experimental Sciences of the University of Granada, immigrant teenagers eat a better diet than Spanish teenagers. As a result, immigrant teenagers have a lower probability of suffering from obesity, diabetes, and other cardiovascular diseased caused by bad eating habits. Issues such as meal habits, kinds…
