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Obesity and Regional Immigrant Density.
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Journal of immigrant and minority health [J Immigr Minor Health] 2018 Oct; Vol. 20 (5), pp. 1298-1302. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Canada has an increasingly large immigrant population. Areas of higher immigrant density, may relate to immigrants' health through reduced acculturation to Western foods, greater access to cultural foods, and/or promotion of salubrious values/practices. It is unclear, however, whether an association exists between Canada-wide regional immigrant density and obesity among immigrants. Thus, we examined whether regional immigrant density was related to obesity, among immigrants. Adult immigrant respondents (nā=ā15,595) to a national population-level health survey were merged with region-level immigrant density data. Multi-level logistic regression was used to model the odds of obesity associated with increased immigrant density. The prevalence of obesity among the analytic sample was 16%. Increasing regional immigrant density was associated with lower odds of obesity among minority immigrants and long-term white immigrants. Immigrant density at the region-level in Canada may be an important contextual factor to consider when examining obesity among immigrants.
- Subjects :
- Acculturation
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Body Mass Index
Canada epidemiology
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Time Factors
Young Adult
Emigrants and Immigrants statistics & numerical data
Obesity ethnology
Residence Characteristics statistics & numerical data
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1557-1920
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of immigrant and minority health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29177690
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-017-0676-3