title: Generational differences in fast food intake among South-Asian Americans: results from a population-based survey.
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.
authors.affiliation: School 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. E-mail: mbecerra@csusb.edu.
authors.forename: Monideepa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Becerra
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
authors.forename: Patti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herring
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
authors.forename: Helen Hopp
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Marshak
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California.
authors.forename: Jim E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Banta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian; D002140:California; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D063427:Food Quality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male