Determinants of eating behaviour in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) university students when living at and away from home: With a focus on the influence of food enculturation and food acculturation

• DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.105932
• Publication Date: 2022-01-17T16:02:55Z
• Authors: Fiona Z. Mensah; Katie E. Lane; Lucinda D. Richar...
• Keywords: Enculturation; Acculturation; Thematic Analysis

For some students, university, can be a period of increased autonomy in food choice and for black, Asian minority ethnic (BAME) international the addition culture may governing factor. This study aimed to examine extent dietary acculturation enculturation on influence student's choices using phenomenological approach. Sixty participants (forty-one home students nineteen students) recruited by purposive sampling, were included study. Data collection involved self-administered multiple short answer questionnaires semi structured interviews. The results analysed thematic analysis. When living away from home, six major themes influenced eating behaviour studied population: social environment, individual factors, physical university life, acculturation. at five influential: main findings suggest is factor which influences both BAME students.