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JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 130-137出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0344-z
关键词
Immigrant; Obesity; Hardship; Food insecurity
资金
- National Cancer Institutes [R01 CA111310-01A, R25 CA057713, R25 CA163184, K01 CA169041, K05 CA108663]
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars program
Very little work has examined the relationship between food hardship (having inconsistent financial resources to buy food) and obesity among immigrant groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a low-income, multi-racial/ethnic adult sample in greater Boston, MA (n = 828). Modified Poisson regression models estimated the association between food hardship obesity (BMI 30) among adults reporting food hardship; interactions were tested by place of birth. Body mass index (BMI) was based on anthropometric height and weight. In adjusted models, those experiencing food hardship were more likely to be obese (RR 1.17, CI 1.07, 1.29) than those not experiencing food hardship. Participants from Haiti reporting food hardship were more likely to be obese than those not reporting hardship (RR 1.58, CI 1.23, 2.04); this was not the case among other groups (US born, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Other). The relationship between food hardship and weight may vary among immigrant subgroups.
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