Dietary Transition: Traditional to Western Foods

Dietary transition:
traditional to western foods
INTERVIEW
Dietary transition is referred to as the change in the pattern of food consumption (Ingram et al.,
2016). Dietary transition from traditional to western food has been observed among the
Australian individual (Ronto, Wu & Singh, 2018). The change has positive as well as negative
impact on the individual which is explained in the article.
With the passing time, the
change in the pattern of the
food consumption has also
changed over time. This
dietary changes has both
positive and negative impact
on the individual such as the
cases of obesity and
overweight has been
increased over the last few
years. The Australian has
changed their food habits
from traditional to western
diet. Apart from the positive
and negative impact on the
individual, it also has
impact on the socio-
economic condition. This
article primarily focusses on
the change of food pattern
that has occurred over time
among the Australian
individuals. In this article,
the transition of food habits
from traditional to western
has been discussed with the
help of result after
conducting the interview.
The article includes
evidence based rationale for
the change in the food
habits has been discussed in
detail. The dietary changes
have both positive and
negative impact on the
Australian individual which
is mentioned in the article
precisely.
In this article, the interview
has been conducted on an
elderly person regarding
food habit of that time and
the change in food habits
that has been observed by
them is discussed in the
interview. When asked
about their food habits
during the interview, the
respondent said that they
typically use to eat lentils,
chickpeas, burgual ,
freshly made bread,
vegetable stews , yogurt
dishes with cooked dough ,
soups and meat in every 2-
3 weeks. During the
interview information about
their common meal was
asked. The gentleman stated
that ‘ I used to take yogurt,
bread and cheese as
breakfast and halva
sandwich as snacks and
during the lunch we had veg
stews with rice all of which
are grown at our farm’.
The participant stated that,
they used to store all the
food items in several vessels
which are made either of
metal or glass. During their
time each and every
member of the family used
to prepare food and they ate
together at home. Stuffed
Chicken with rice, lamb,
barbeque, kebab, meat and
Pastries are made
occasionally. When asked
about the dietary transition
during the interview, they
stated that now-a-days more
items are available in the
market along with
restaurants where they can
eat whatever they want at
any time. The interviewee
stated that, there are certain
food of their times which
are no longer available
(from the interview
transcript).
Key fact or quote

Figure: dietary changes from 1995 to 2011
Source: (Ridoutt, Baird, Bastiaans, Hendrie, Riley,et al., 2016)
Figure: Dietary Transition
Source: (WHO, 2019)