Dietary assimilation and health among Hispanic immigrants to the United States
Dietary assimilation and health among Hispanic immigrants to the United States
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DOI：
10.1177/002214650704800405
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
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5
通讯作者：
Akresh, Ilana Redstone
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作者：
Akresh, Ilana Redstone
这项研究使用新移民调查数据来检查西班牙裔移民的饮食变化和健康状况，得出了三个重要发现。首先，在美国生活时间越长的人报告的饮食变化程度就越大。其次，在控制行为特征和先前存在的饮食相关状况（来美国之前诊断出高血压和糖尿病）后，饮食变化的剧烈程度与较高的体重指数测量值相关。根据受访者将他们当前的健康状况与最近一次去美国之前的健康状况进行比较，移民到美国导致的饮食变化与健康状况的改善和恶化呈正相关。在报告饮食变化较大的个人中，那些健康状况较差的人在美国停留的时间更长，并且比那些健康状况较好的人更有可能在工作中使用英语，这些因素表明了他们对更广泛的美国文化的适应和接触。社会。
Three important findings emerge from this study using New Immigrant Survey data to examine dietary change and health among Hispanic immigrants. First, individuals who have been in the United States longer report a greater degree of dietary change. Second, after controlling for behavioral characteristics and preexisting diet-related conditions (diagnoses of high blood pressure and diabetes prior to coming to the United States), more dramatic levels of change in diet are associated with higher measures of body mass index. Based on respondents' comparisons of their current health to their health just prior to their most recent trip to the United States, change in diet as a result of immigrating to the United States is positively correlated with both better health and worse health. Among individuals reporting greater levels of dietary change, those with worse health have been in the United States for longer and are more likely to report the use of English at work than those reporting better health, factors that indicate acculturation and exposure to broader US. society.