Filipino “Kulinarya” Cuisine and Chronic Kidney Disease

Filipino communities exist in many places around the world. Migration of Filipinos is recorded as early as 1417 during a trade mission to China followed by travel in galleon ships during the Spanish colonization between 1521 and 1898. A more organized migration started in the early 1900s through the need for agricultural labor in Hawaii followed by the migration of Filipino veterans who served in the U.S. armed forces after World War II. During the 1970s, the Philippines experienced a significant increase in the unemployment rate resulting in an increase in migration as contract workers went to different countries to seek work. This last wave of migration continues to persist. On the basis of the 2009 Stock Estimate of Filipinos Overseas, there are approximately 8.6 million overseas: 4.1 million of them are permanent migrants, 3.9 million are temporary migrants, and more than 600,000 are irregular migrants. According to the 2009 Community Survey, there are approximately 3.2 million Filipinos in the United States, ranking 2nd among Asians after 3.8 million of Chinese descent.
Source: Journal of Renal Nutrition - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Patient Education Source Type: research