Influence of the Jewish Religion and Jewish Dietary Laws (Kashruth) on Family Food Habits in an Ultra‐Orthodox Population in Montreal

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Influence of the Jewish Religion and Jewish Dietary Laws (Kashruth) on Family Food Habits in an Ultra‐Orthodox Population in Montreal
Abstract
Two hundred and fifty families, comprising 1,438 individuals, from the major ultra-orthodox, fundamentalist Jewish (Hassidic) communities in Montreal, were randomly selected from community lists by the authors for a study of the influence of Judaism and its dietary laws on the communities' food habits. Highly significant differences relating to participant group (Outremont Hassidim versus Lubavitcher Hassidirn) were noted for the consumption of certain basic foodstuffs (fish, poultry, eggs, some vegetables, sources of fat, processed foods), as well as some cooking methods and miscellaneous food habits. The authors explain these differences by the latter community's more heterogeneous composition, differing philosophies and wider experience of the secular world. The sabbath, fast-days and numerous holidays contributed to particular dietary habits within the Hassidic population. The authors examination of usual food group consumption patterns revealed eating habits which closely approximate North American healthy eating guidelines, despite possible marginal intakes of vitamin D, zinc and iron among children and pregnant women.
Publication
Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume
Vol. 31
Issue
no. 1-2
Pages
27-44
Date
1993
Language
en
Citation
Shatenstein, Bryna, Parviz Ghadirian, and Jean Lambert. “Influence of the Jewish Religion and Jewish Dietary Laws (Kashruth) on Family Food Habits in an Ultra‐Orthodox Population in Montreal.” Ecology of Food and Nutrition Vol. 31, no. 1–2 (1993): 27–44.
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