A taste of the unfamiliar. Understanding the meanings attached to food by international postgraduate students in England

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Brown, Lorraine ^a   Edwards, John ^a   Hartwell, Heather ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comfort; Culture shock; Food; International students; Taste; Togetherness; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; EATING HABIT; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOREIGN STUDENT; GRADUATE STUDENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASTE PREFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE EAST; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849121974     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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