The Relationship between Diet Quality and Acculturation of Immigrated South Asian American Adults and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome

Saira A. Khan; Robert T. Jackson; Bahram Momen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156851

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The Relationship between Diet Quality and Acculturation of Immigrated South Asian American Adults and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome

Saira A. Khan ,

* E-mail: skhan12@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-7839

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Robert T. Jackson,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Bahram Momen

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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The Relationship between Diet Quality and Acculturation of Immigrated South Asian American Adults and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome

Saira A. Khan,
Robert T. Jackson,
Bahram Momen

Published: June 14, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156851

About the Authors

Saira A. Khan

* E-mail: skhan12@umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-7839

Robert T. Jackson

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Bahram Momen

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK RJ. Performed the experiments: SK. Analyzed the data: SK BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: SK RJ. Edited manuscript: BM.

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