Perceptions of Dietary Habits and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes among Congolese Immigrants

Table 3

Cultural beliefs and practices toward dietary habits and risk for type 2 diabetes in Congolese immigrants.

	Positive	Existential	Negative
Perceptions	(i) Maintaining traditional Congolese dietary of produces grown naturally.	(i) Cooking methods that rely on smell.	(i) Diabetes onset is only linked to the consumption of sweetened foods.
Enablers	(i) Making right food choices even though grocery stores do not always offer diversified healthy food choices.; (ii) Relying on medical professionals to obtain information about diabetes.	(i) Local grocery stores allow access to various food products.	(i) Grocery stores present unhealthy food choices, specifically high sugar products.
Nurturers	(i) Parental influence on foods choice in regard to diabetes risk.	(i) Learning about the relationship with dietary habits and diabetes risk from diabetic friends or relatives.	(i) Knowledge about the relationship between eating habits and diabetes onset conveyed by parents is not always accurate.; (ii) The lack of interest.