ABSTRACT
Findings from this preliminary descriptive survey of 81 Japanese households who live in southeastern Pennsylvania reveal the unique challenges that immigrant families experience in regard to food. Retention of dietary traditions may become difficult when personal, psychological, and social concerns are involved, and dietary adaptation can be an inevitable process, resulting from certain life events, such as immigration to the United States, marriage to a U.S. citizen, and childrearing. Culturally competent social workers should be aware of the extent to which dietary adaptation influences the well-being of immigrant families. Practice implications are discussed.
