Intercultural Perceptions of Obesity Among Chinese Americans

Obesity is a major health epidemic affecting all ethnic groups including Chinese Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the interface of traditional Chinese and American values related to perceptions of obesity in Chinese Americans residing in the New York metropolitan region. The researchers will highlight intercultural influences, social norms, and gender effects that … Read more

Alien Neighbors, Foreign Friends: Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformation of Urban California

Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Charlotte Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California’s urban housing markets, arguing that the perceived foreignness of Asian Americans, which initially stranded them in segregated areas, eventually facilitated … Read more

Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century: Oral Histories of 1st to 4th Generation Americans

This book is a 21st Century snapshot of Asian Pacific Americans; a tapestry of tales reflecting their lives, experiences, hopes, and dreams. Ultimately the spectrum of values–in education, family, work–form a remarkable mosaic of the Asian American experience, distinct in many ways from that of Asians living in Asia, or as immigrants encountering diaspora elsewhere … Read more

Perceptions of Obesity Risk & Prevention in Chinese Americans

Obesity is a national epidemic as population studies point to increased trends occurring in Asian Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to identify perceptions of obesity risk and prevention in Chinese American adults residing in the New York metropolitan area. The researchers will discuss social psychological, cultural, and environmental factors that influence obesity risk in Chinese Americans. Insights on nutrition recommendations to prevent obesity will also be presented.

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Soundfest: Asian Americans in Music

Asian American Arts Alliance Soundfest: Asian Americans in Music Date: Saturday, August 11, 2007 Time: 2PM – 6pm Place: Columbus Park, Chinatown, Manhattan (Entrance at Mulberry & Worth Sts) Asian American Arts Alliance, a non-profit organization based in New York City announces their 1st outdoor music showcase in Chinatown featuring a talent-packed roster of local … Read more