Place of birth, duration of residence, neighborhood immigrant composition and body mass index in New York City.
Place of birth, duration of residence, neighborhood immigrant composition and body mass index in New York City.
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DOI：
10.1186/1479-5868-5-19
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发表时间：
2008-04-06
影响因子：
8.7
通讯作者：
Rundle, Andrew
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作者：
Park, Yoosun;Neckerman, Kathryn M.;Quinn, James;Weiss, Christopher;Rundle, Andrew
过去的研究表明，文化的变化解释了许多移民群体在美国居住时间和在美国居住的几代人中出现的大量体重增加，然而，理论上，那些定居在移民和同种族社区的人可能会缓冲这种文化适应过程，并且更有可能保持本国的饮食和体育活动模式。为了研究这一理论，我们将社区移民组成的措施，个人的身体质量指数（BMI）和一代的移民和居住时间在美国的分析。多层次分析进行了客观测量的身高和体重和调查数据的饮食和身体活动的样本13,011居民的纽约市。人口普查数据被用来计算外国出生的居民的比例和家庭语言隔离的程度，在一个半英里的径向缓冲区周围的主题的家。外国出生者的BMI显著较低（-1.09 BMI单位，P < 0.001）。这种关联在亚洲人中最弱（-0.66 BMI单位，P = 0.08），在加勒比黑人中最强（-1.41 BMI单位，P = 0.07）。在控制了个人水平变量后，外国出生的社区比例与BMI无关，但社区语言隔离的增加与西班牙裔的BMI呈负相关（-2.97BMI单位，P = 0.03）。此外，在西班牙裔中，与高语言隔离水平（-0.42 BMI单位，P = 0.79）相比，低语言隔离社区（-1.36 BMI单位，P < 0.0001）的外国出生与BMI之间的关联更强。在美国居住时间的增加与整体和西班牙裔人的较高BMI显著相关。分析表明，文化适应与体重增加有关，而社区特征只与西班牙裔人的BMI有关。然而，我们认为，目前被解释为适应美国规范的移民后影响的身体尺寸的变化实际上可能反映了国际上正在发生的规范变化。
Past research has suggested that changes in culture explain the substantial weight gain seen in many immigrant groups with length of residence in the U.S. and across generations of residence in the U.S. However, it has been theorized that those settling in immigrant and co-ethnic neighborhoods may be buffered against this acculturative process and will be more likely to maintain home country dietary and physical activity patterns. To investigate this theory we incorporated measures of neighborhood immigrant composition into analyses of individual's body mass index (BMI) and generation of immigration and duration of residence in the U.S. Multilevel analyses were performed using objectively measured height and weight and survey data on diet and physical activity from a sample of 13,011 residents of New York City. Census data were used to calculate the proportion of foreign-born residents and extent of household linguistic isolation in a ½ mile radial buffer around the subject's home. Foreign birth was associated with a significantly lower BMI (-1.09 BMI units, P < 0.001). This association was weakest among Asians (-0.66 BMI units, P = 0.08) and strongest among Black-Caribbeans (-1.41 BMI units, P = 0.07). After controlling for individual level variables, neighborhood proportion foreign-born was not associated with BMI, but increasing neighborhood linguistic isolation was inversely associated with BMI among Hispanics (-2.97 BMI units, P = 0.03). Furthermore among Hispanics, the association between foreign birth and BMI was stronger in low linguistic isolation neighborhoods (-1.36 BMI units, P < 0.0001) as compared to in high linguistic isolation levels (-0.42 BMI units, P = 0.79). Increasing duration of residence in the U.S. was significantly associated with higher BMI overall and among Hispanics. The analyses suggest that acculturation is associated with weight gain, and that neighborhood characteristics are only associated with BMI among Hispanics. However, we suggest that changes in body size currently interpreted as post-migration effects of acculturation to U.S. norms may in fact reflect changes in norms that are taking place internationally.
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影响因子：
120.7
作者：
Hedley, AA;Ogden, CL;Flegal, KM
通讯作者：
Flegal, KM
影响因子：
4.9
作者：
Lauderdale, DS;Rathouz, PJ
通讯作者：
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DOI：
10.1136/ewjm.175.2.133
发表时间：
2001-08-01
期刊：
WESTERN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
影响因子：
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作者：
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通讯作者：
Huang, S
影响因子：
5.4
作者：
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通讯作者：
Flórez, KR
DOI：
10.1093/jurban/jth116
发表时间：
2004-06-01
影响因子：
6.6
作者：
Mitchell, MK;Gregersen, PK;Vlahov, D
通讯作者：
Vlahov, D