The influence of traditional food consumption on Cameroonian immigrants’ perception of type 2 diabetes in Minnesota: an exploratory qualitative study

Findings highlight how traditional food consumption correlates with perceptions of T2D risk and interacts with broader lifestyle, cultural, and healthcare contexts. While the study does not claim causality, qualitative data reveal pathways through which dietary practices inform health beliefs and decision-making within migrant contexts. These insights support the need for culturally responsive, multi-level interventions that integrate dietary counseling, lifestyle modification, and education. Clinicians and public health practitioners should adopt theoretically grounded, culturally sensitive strategies to enhance self-efficacy and support sustainable T2D prevention among Cameroonian immigrants while acknowledging their distinct social and environmental contexts.