African youth and obesity: The role of the intergenerational acculturation gap

非洲青年与肥胖：代际文化适应差距的作用

• 批准号: DP1094661
• 负责人: Prof Andre Renzaho
• 金额: $ 20.63万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP1094661
• 关键词: African; youth; obesity; role; intergenerational

The financial cost of obesity to the Australian community is estimated to be $21.9 billion when the costs borne by individuals are taken into account. Understanding and addressing factors that extenuate health inequalities and reduce obesity will lead to a reduction in the burden of diseases and healthier ageing population. Our study will be the first to apply acculturation theories to examine the family environment and family dynamics that predispose adolescents from one of the fastest growing immigrant populations, Africans, to obesity, and to produce culturally competent and tested models to inform large scale, population-level obesity prevention programs and policies.

如果将个人承担的费用考虑在内，澳大利亚社会的肥胖经济成本估计为219亿澳元。了解和解决减轻健康不平等和减少肥胖的因素将导致减少疾病负担和更健康的老龄人口。 我们的研究将是第一个应用文化适应理论来研究家庭环境和家庭动态，使青少年从增长最快的移民人口之一，非洲人，肥胖，并产生文化能力和测试模型，以告知大规模，人口层面的肥胖预防计划和政策。