title: Gender, acculturation, food patterns, and overweight in Korean immigrants.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe acculturation, food patterns, overweight, and gender differences among Korean immigrants in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional exploratory survey assessed acculturation, food frequencies, and weight status of 195 Korean immigrants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acculturated Korean immigrants (score ≥2.5) were more likely to consume both healthy and unhealthy US foods. Acculturation was not associated with overweight. Men were more likely to be acculturated (OR=2.46; CI=1.26-4.79) and overweight (OR=5.08; CI=2.37-10.90) than women. Moreover,  overweight men reported more frequent consumption of fast foods, hot dogs (OR=2.92;CI=1.18-7.22), and tacos (OR=4.12;CI=1.60-10.62) than did nonoverweight men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dietary interventions in Korean immigrants should take gender differences in acculturation and food patterns into  account.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Queens College of City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA. sunitha.jasti@qc.cuny.edu
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jasti
authors.forename: Chang Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doak
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D050177:Overweight / Q000523:psychology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires