Foods Used by Filipinos in Hawaii - ScholarSpace - University of ...

ABSTRACT
The emigration of various dialect groups from the Philippines to
Hawaii and their present distribution in the Territory are discussed.
The diet and health of Filipinos in the Philippines and in Hawaii"
are compared.
Chemical analyses (including those for calcium, phosphorus, and
iron) and vitamin assays are reported for 22 food products much
used by Filipinos in Hawaii. The use and nutritive value of each
food are discussed. Other foods used by the Filipinos are listed.
There are 17 figures, 15 illustrating the foods analyzed, one picturing
a Filipino garden, and one a map of the Philippines showing
areas from which Filipinos in Hawaii nzigrated.
Recommendations for improving the diet of Filipinos in Hawaii
are given. A brief discussion of Filipino methods of food preparation
is followed by recipes using the foods analyzed.
A short technical section describes the preparation of the samples
and »'Iethods of chemical analyses and vitamin assays of the foods.
THE AUTHORS
Carey D. Miller is Nutritionist in the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment
Station and Professor of Foods and Nutrition in the University
of Hatvaii.
Lucille Louis was Assistant in Nutrition from 1937 to 1942.
Kisako Haida Yanazawa was Laboratory Assistant in Nutrition
from 1930 to 1943.
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