This study evaluated the association between generational status and fast food consumption among South-Asian Americans. The authors conducted a secondary analysis of data from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) for 2007, 2009, and 2011. 

Findings: After adjusting for control variables, South Asian Americans — those from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, according to CHIS definition — of the third generation or more had a fast food intake rate per week 2.22 times greater than first generation South-Asian Americans. Public health practitioners must focus on ways to improve dietary outcomes among this fast-growing ethnic population in the United States.