Jessie A. Satia|Ruth E. Patterson|Alan R. Kristal|T. Gregory Hislop|Michele Pineda
A household food inventory for North American Chinese
Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|Fred Hutch Cancer Center|BC Cancer Agency|Republic of Palau Ministry of Health
determine whether short set questions foods household provide information fatrelated dietary behaviour individual household members lessacculturated chinese populationscrosssectional surveythe study population included 244 adult females chinese ethnicity seattle wa vancouver bc canadabilingual interviewers collected information presence 14 highfat foods seven reducedfat foods household respondents also asked consumption foods behaviour reflective adoption western dietary practices fatrelated dietary behaviour changes consumption highfat foods since immigration sociodemographic characteristicsalthough lessacculturated sample many households western foods butter 58 lunchmeats 36 snack chips 43 1 skim milk 48 households respondents younger married employed outside home lived young children significantly highfat foods high education longer percentage life north america significantly associated reducedfat foods p 005 participants living households highfat foods higherfat dietary behaviour fewer highfat foods fatrelated dietary behaviour score 154 versus 128 p 0001 women households reducedfat foods significantly decreased consumption highfat foods since immigration compared households fewer reducedfat foods p 0001 western dietary acculturation higher among women households highfat foods reducedfat food counterparts p 005our inventory household foods strongly associated current dietary behaviour changes food consumption westernization dietary patterns simple practical measure may useful alternative dietary assessment tool lessacculturated chinese populations