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Published on: January 25, 2018
Generational differences in fast food intake among South-Asian Americans: results from a population-based survey
Monideepa B Becerra1, Patti Herring2, Helen Hopp Marshak2
1School of Public Health, Loma Linda University; Department of Health Science and Human Ecology, California State University, San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino CA 92407.
Abstract:
The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between generational status and fast food consumption among South-Asian Americans. We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the California Health Interview Survey for 2007, 2009, and 2011. After adjusting for control variables, South-Asian Americans of the third generation or more had a fast food intake rate per week 2.22 times greater than first generation South-Asian Americans. Public health practitioners must focus on ways to improve dietary outcomes among this fast-growing ethnic population in the United States.
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