Fig. 1.

Factors influencing dietary behaviors in South Asians living in their home country or immigrants to North America or Europe. Legend—clear boxes depict factors identified both in South Asia and in immigrant settings; stippled boxes depict factors only identified in South Asia; blue boxes depict factors identified only in immigrant settings. As indicated, there is considerable overlap in the barriers and challenges faced by South Asian people with T2D, independent of where they live. Mentioned in other literature; not based on an exhaustive interview.

Adapted from the conceptual model of Zeng et al. [32] originally developed for Chinese immigrants. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110706727