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When personal health choices feel like cultural betrayal

I changed my eating habits for health reasons but my Puerto Rican family acts like I am rejecting our culture by not eating traditional foods.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual wellness decisions can be interpreted as ethnic identity rejection when food is central to cultural expression and bonding.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ethnic identity and heritage?”

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