Understanding of Dietary Intake and Factors that Influence Food Consumption Choices among Chinese International Students in Northeast Ohio

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Main Author:	Liu, Xiaoyan
Language:	English
Published:	Kent State University / OhioLINK 2018
Subjects:	Nutrition
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531992549991592

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-kent15319925499915922021-08-03T07:07:43Z Understanding of Dietary Intake and Factors that Influence Food Consumption Choices among Chinese International Students in Northeast Ohio Liu, Xiaoyan Nutrition nIn recent years, the largest international student population in the U.S. is Chinese, which accounted for 32.5% of the total number of international students. As a result of adapting to American culture while living away from their home countries, international students confront dietary changes. These dietary changes include irregular dietary patterns, reduced intake of fruits and vegetables, increased unhealthy food consumption, and frequent dining out that may result in unfavorable health outcomes, such as obesity, cancer, cardiovascular diseases (CVD), and diabetes. The purpose of this study was to understand the current dietary intakes and the factors that influence food consumption choices among Chinese international college students in the United States. Inclusion criteria included part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate Chinese international students in Midwest United States colleges. The findings from this study show that Chinese international students had irregular eating patterns, skipped meals, and ate at irregular times since they came to the United States. More students increased their fruit and vegetable intakes than decreased them. Many students increased intakes in meat, fast food, low nutrient dense foods, soda, and coffee. The most important factors that influenced food choices among Chinese international students were time, nutrition concerns, taste, food price, convenience, dietary habits, and food availability and access. 2018-08-23 English text Kent State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531992549991592 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1531992549991592 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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title	Understanding of Dietary Intake and Factors that Influence Food Consumption Choices among Chinese International Students in Northeast Ohio
title_short	Understanding of Dietary Intake and Factors that Influence Food Consumption Choices among Chinese International Students in Northeast Ohio
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Understanding of Dietary Intake and Factors that Influence Food Consumption Choices among Chinese International Students in Northeast Ohio

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