Factors influencing Sudanese food habits in Britain.

A great deal of information is available about social, economic and political factors that can affect people’s food choice but little research has been done on the effects of new cultural environments on migrants’ food habits. Those studies which have been conducted on immigrants in Britain have concentrated mainly on people under stress or with serious health problems, whereas little is known about normal healthy people. In view of this position, the present work was undertaken to identify and assess the factors which determine the food patterns of healthy people who have voluntarily moved into new conditions with different prevailing food habits from their own.