OBJECTIVE: To obtain information about dietary pattern change of Chinese Americans in Pennsylvania and its relationship with demographic characteristics and acculturation indicators. DESIGN: A cross-sectional self-administered survey. SUBJECTS: A convenience sample of 399 Chinese Americans.Statistical analyses performed t Tests, analysis of variance with Tukey post-hoc tests, Spearman rank correlation, and chi(2) test. RESULTS: After immigration, Chinese Americans increased consumption frequency of all seven food groups (grains, vegetables, fruits, meat\/meat alternatives, dairy products, fats\/sweets, and beverages) and Western foods while consumption frequency of traditional Chinese foods decreased. Dietary variety also increased after immigration. Higher education and higher income levels were associated with a larger increase in consumption frequency of grains, vegetables, and fruits. Persons who resided in the United States for a longer period of time shared a greater increase in their consumption frequencies of vegetables, fats\/sweets, and beverages. Persons with better English proficiency had a greater increase in their consumption frequency of grains, fruits, meat\/meat alternatives, and fats\/sweets. CONCLUSIONS: This study can help nutrition educators design appropriate educational programs for first-generation Chinese Americans that can facilitate the adoption of more healthful dietary practices. Nutrition educators should consider the dietary changes of Chinese-American participants, such as skipping breakfast and increased consumption frequency of fats, sweets, and soft drinks, which were observed in this study. For example, acculturated first-generation Chinese Americans should be encouraged to decrease fats, sweets, and soft-drink consumption. Less-acculturated persons should be encouraged to maintain their healthful dietary pattern and increase consumption of vegetables and fruits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","mots_cles":[],"class_list":["post-52217","resume","type-resume","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"adresse":"Department of Food Science, 8L Borland Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. nql105@psu.edu","annee":"2004","mois":"5","numero":"104:5","page":"771-778","auteurs":[{"ID":52168,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 05:56:09","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 04:56:09","post_content":"","post_title":"Silvera","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"silvera","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 05:56:09","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 04:56:09","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/silvera\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":46360,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 03:56:16","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 02:56:16","post_content":"","post_title":"Cason","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"cason","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 03:56:16","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 02:56:16","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/auteur\/cason\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"auteur_resume","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"sources":[{"ID":45166,"post_author":"0","post_date":"2018-12-04 03:37:42","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-04 02:37:42","post_content":"","post_title":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"journal-of-american-dietetic-association","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2018-12-04 03:37:42","post_modified_gmt":"2018-12-04 02:37:42","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/aprifel-pp.mentalworks.biz\/fr\/source\/journal-of-american-dietetic-association\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"source","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}]},"yoast_head":"\n