en Nutrition Nutrition پژوهشي Research <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Background and Objectives:</span></span></b><span style="color:black"> Hot beverage consumption (e.g., tea) may increase risks of several cancer types, especially</span><b> </b><span style="background:white"><span style="color:black">esophageal </span></span><span style="color:black">cancer</span><span style="color:black">.</span> <span lang="EN" style="color:black">Although people may be aware of the dangers of consuming hot beverages, they </span><span style="color:black">continue to drink these beverages. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the </span><span style="color:black">experiences of Iranian medical university students regarding consumption of tea</span><span style="background:#fafafa"><span style="color:black"> at high temperatures.</span></span><b> </b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Materials and Methods: </span></span></b><span style="color:black">A</span><span style="color:black"> qualitative study was carried out at </span><span style="color:black">Iran University of Medical Sciences,</span><span style="color:black"> Tehran, Iran, 2017. Totally, 27 semi-structured in-depth interviews were carried out with college students. Participants were asked on their experiences on hot tea consumption. </span><span style="color:black">Data were </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">analysed using conventional content analysis method. </span><span style="color:black">After the first interview, continuous analysis of data began and continued up to data saturation.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results: </span></span></b><span style="color:black">Three major categories, including decisional balance (with two sub-categories of pros and cons for hot tea consumption), environmental effects (with three sub-categories of culture, interpersonal influences and situational effects) and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">perceived barriers</span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">to drinking tea </span><span style="color:black">at normal temperatures (with two sub-categories of habitual and </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">immediate competing demands and preferences</span><span style="color:black">) emerged as the experiences of the participants on&nbsp; consumption.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="tab-stops:409.5pt"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusions: </span></span></b><span style="color:black">The current findings suggest to decrease drinking of hot tea and hence prevention of o<span style="background:white">esophageal </span>cancer in Iran.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Hot tea, Drinking behavior, Qualitative research, Oesophageal neoplasms, Iran 5 11 http://nfsr.sbmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1047-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Tahereh Dehdari dehdari.t@iums.ac.ir 10031947532846005798 10031947532846005798 Yes Iran University of Medical Sciences