Table 2. Overview of themes with representative quotes from participants.

Themes	Main Findings	Participants' Quotes
Eating Habits in the Home Country	Meals include fresh ingredients, rice, noodles, beans, or meat. The mother, or housekeeper, typically prepares meals. Meals are structured and eaten at home. It is uncommon to eat dinner late. Breakfast is optional. Tea, milk, and water are the main beverages.	“Lunch is mainly rice and bread with some meat, and veggies.” “My meals depended on my mother, whatever she wants to make at that time.” “Tea is what we have mainly in India, the day starts with it, or milk.”
Eating Habits in the United States	Meal is large in size and high in preservatives, sugars, and fats. Adaptation to American foods, including pizza, fries, and sandwiches. Eating buffet-style at the dining center. Diet includes late-night meals. Breakfast is the least important meal. Soda is the main beverage consumed.	“I ate a lot of pizza, burgers, and cheese steaks.” “American portion sizes fill up the entire plate, you get like two or three times the size we get back home at a restaurant. I am not kidding, it's huge, like crazy huge.” “The large drinks in Saudi Arabia, here it's considered as small”
Health Consequences from Changes in Eating Habits	Weight gain from adopting an American diet, unstructured mealtimes, and stress. Weight loss from resisting an American diet. Weight loss, or gain, due to different weight perceptions. Acid reflux, ulcers, acne, and increased fatigue. Taking unprescribed dietary supplements.	“In Korea, I used to eat healthy food, but when I came to America, I always eat hamburgers, pizza, and pasta, so I gained weight. And it's fat.” “I got a lot of stomach problems since I came here because I eat fast food and drink three or four pops a day.” “When I first came here, I gained a massive amount of weight.” “It's very cold and not exposed to the sun that much. I never talked to my doctor actually, about that. My friends said you should take Vitamin D and supplement.” “I've gained a lot of weight in the first semester, it's the sweets and the cakes that really got me, just surrounded by all those options of sweets.”