Family and Community Health
Volume 39, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-23

Duration of us residence is associated with overweight risk in Filipino immigrants living in new York metro area (Article)

Afable A.* , Ursua R. , Wyatt L.C. , Aguilar D. , Kwon S.C. , Islam N.S. , Trinh-Shevrin C.
  • a SUNY Downstate Schoo of Public Health, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States
  • b Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership, Oakland, CA, United States
  • c Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership, Oakland, CA, United States
  • d Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
  • e Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
  • f Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York, United States
  • g Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, United States

Abstract

We examined the association between years living in the United States and overweight risk among a community sample of Filipino adult immigrants living in the New York metropolitan area. We found a significant and adverse association between years living in the United States and overweight risk. Compared with Filipinos who lived in the United States less than 5 years, those who lived in the United States 10 years or longer had a higher overweight risk; this association was present only among Filipinos who migrated to New York metropolitan area at 30 years of age or younger. Studies on causal mechanisms explaining this pattern are needed. © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Filipinos Assimilation Obesity

Index Keywords

human epidemiology middle aged Overweight obesity time factor Time Factors Aged ethnology Young Adult Humans migrant New York Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female Aged, 80 and over very elderly risk factor Risk Factors adult migration Emigration and Immigration Philippines
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84948470236&doi=10.1097%2fFCH.0000000000000086&partnerID=40&md5=dbd59d2c5ea5b2e75ab373b77e6828c8
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000086
ISSN: 01606379
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English