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JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 737-750Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0841-3
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Immigrants; Childhood obesity; Diet; Sedentary activities
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Despite high overweight/obesity rates in children of Australian immigrants, the risk factors are unknown. We investigated behavioural risk factors and their association with overweight/obesity in 4-11year-old children by immigrant status. We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of 8years data from the longitudinal study of Australian children. Immigrant children from low-and-middle-income-countries had higher overweight/obesity rates across all ages. These children had higher vegetables and sugar-sweetened-beverages intake, higher sedentary activities and lower organized-sports participation than immigrant children from high-income-countries or Australian-children. Organized-sports participation and screen-time converged to the Australian norms in 10-11year-old boys, but not in girls. Preference for sedentary activities and screen-time explained the differences in overweight/obesity by maternal immigrant status in boys but not in girls. The difference in drivers of overweight/obesity amongst immigrant children from low-and-middle-income-countries suggest more nuanced age, sex and culturally sensitive preventive health messages for immigrants.
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