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Kiran Atwal

Kiran Atwal

Nutritional Therapist and Smoking Cessation Specialist providing diabetes prevention and management services in the UK

Jun 30, 2026

JodyHOST
2:05
So in practice, what would you say are the challenges to managing cow's milk protein allergy in minority groups?
2:13
It really depends on the individual in front of you and not the fixed identity that's assigned to them by society.
2:20
And a quote that really resonated with me, which was one, um, I came across in a paper about South Asian parents managing food allergy, but really applies to any group, is that when we look at people from different ethnic minority groups, they're not a homogenous group, and factors such as social class, dietary practices, religion, and migration history are really important.
2:43
And whether parents speak English, whether they're first, second, third generation migrants or have sufficient health literacy are also some of the important things to understand, which I wrote about in my article.
2:55
And for dieticians, it's actually really important to remember it's more than just knowing about the dietary customs that belong to each ethnic minority group.
3:04
If we start to think about some of the structural barriers of the consultation, um, language barrier can be a challenge.
3:11
So if you think about cow's milk protein allergy and the management of it, it's a lot of complex information that you have to convey.

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FayeHOST
18:29
Mm-hmm.

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