Nutritional Issues of Korean Americans

Cha-Nam Shin and Helen Lach
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Cha-Nam Shin: Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Cha-Nam.Shin@indstate.edu
Helen Lach: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Clinical Nursing Research, 2011, vol. 20, issue 2, 162-180

Abstract: This cross-sectional, descriptive study examined factors influencing healthy eating of Korean Americans in a convenience sample of 517 Korean adults in a Midwestern city. Participants completed a self-administered survey written in either English or Korean as their preferences, which measured health, acculturation, healthy eating benefits, barriers, and self-efficacy as well as healthy eating practice. Descriptive statistics, cluster analysis, and structural equation modeling were used for analysis. Participants reported retaining elements of the traditional Korean diet regardless of acculturation. The worst eating habits were seen in participants who were younger ( t = 4.57), currently not married ( t = 3.10), less educated ( F = 5.03), and acculturated to American society ( F = 5.93) at the p

Keywords: eating habits; Korean Americans; acculturation; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773810393334

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