Food Habits and Cardiovascular Health Status in Adult Melbourne Chinese Bridget Huey-Huey Hage 10.26180/5c5a375af3840 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Food_Habits_and_Cardiovascular_Health_Status_in_Adult_Melbourne_Chinese/7676192 <div>This thesis deals with the research into the dietary habits and cardiovascular health status of a representative sample of ethnic Chinese in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and the subsequent examination of the intra-population correlations between food intake patters and preventable cardiovascular risk factors. </div><div>The 547 study subjects ages 25 years and over were members of Chinese households randomly selected from the Melbourne telephone directory using a presumptive Chinese surname list. Household participation rate was 72.6%. More than 95% of the study subjects were immigrants to Australia, having been born in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Comparisons were made with a representative sample (electoral roll) of Australian-at-large derived from the National heart Foundation of Australia surveys of 1983 and 1989.</div> 2019-02-06 01:24:41 food habits Cardiovascular Health Study Chinese Adults Living Food Nutritional Balance Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)