Body weight and length of residence in the US among Chinese Americans

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 422-427

  Yeh, Ming Chin ^a   Fahs, Marianne ^a   Burton, Dee ^a   Yerneni, Rajeev ^a   Parikh, Nina S ^a   Shelley, Donna ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Body weight; Bodymass index (BMI); Chinese American; Length of residence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349319384     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9113-3     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Barnes JS, Bennet CE. The Asian population: 2000. Census 2000 Brief: Washington, DC; 2002.
2. US Census Bureau. Fact sheet. http://www.factfinder.census.gov. Accessed 1 Mar 2006.
3. Reynolds K, Gu D, Whelton PK, Wu X, Duan X, Mo J, He J. InterASIA collaborative group. Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in China. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007;15:10-8.
4. Zhai F, Wang H, Du S, He Y, Wang Z, Ge K, Popkin BM. Lifespan nutrition and changing socio-economic conditions in China. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2007;16(Suppl 1):374-82.
5. Johnson CA, Xie B, Liu C, Reynolds KD, Chou CP, Koprowski C, Gallaher P, Spruitj-Metz D, Guo Q, Sun P, Gong J, Palmer P. Socio-demographic and cultural comparison of overweight and obesity risk and prevalence in adolescents in Southern California and Wuhan China. J Adolesc Health 2006;39:925.e1-8.
6. Goel MS, McCarthy EP, Phillips RS, Wee CC. Obesity among US immigrant subgroups by duration of residence. JAMA 2004;292:2860-7.
7. Kaplan MS, Huguet N, Newsom JT, McFarland BH. The association between length of residence and obesity among Hispanic immigrants. Am J Prev Med 2004;27:323-6.
8. Lauderdale DS, Rathouz PJ. Body mass index in a US national sample of Asian Americans: Effects of nativity, years since immigration and socioeconomic status. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:1188-94.
9. Singh GK, Siahpush M. Ethnic-immigrant differentials in health behaviors, morbidity, and cause-specific mortality in the United States: an analysis of two national databases. Hum Biol 2002;74:83-109.
10. Davis J, Busch J, Hammatt Z, Novotny R, Harrigan R, Grandinetti A, Easa D. The relationship between ethnicity and obesity in Asian and Pacific Islander populations: A literature review. Ethn Dis 2004;14:111-8.
11. Liou D, Bauer KD. Exploratory investigation of obesity risk and prevention in Chinese Americans. J Nutr Educ Behav 2007;39:134-41.
12. Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, Flegal KM. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US children, adolescents, and adults, 1999-2002. JAMA 2004;291:2847-50.
13. Shelley D, Fahs M, Scheinmann R, Swain S, Qu J, Burton D. Acculturation and tobacco use among Chinese Americans. Am J Public Health 2004;94:300-7.
14. Shelley D, Fahs MC, Yerneni R, Qu J, Burton D. Correlates of household smoking bans among Chinese Americans. Nicotine Tob Res 2006;8:103-12.
15. StataCorp. 2003 Stata Statistical Software: Release 8.0 College Station. TX: Stata Corporation; 2003.
16. Gu D, He J, Duan X, Reynolds K, Wu X, Chen J, Huang G, Chen CS, Whelton PK. Body weight and mortality among men and women in China. JAMA 2006;295:776-83.
17. Koo LC. The use of food to treat and prevent disease in Chinese culture. Soc Sci Med 1984;18:757-66.
18. Lv N, Cason KL. Dietary pattern change and acculturation of Chinese Americans in Pennsylvania. J Am Diet Assoc 2004;104:771-8.
19. Yeh MC, Katz DL. Food, nutrition and the health of urban populations. In: Freudenberg N, Galea S, Vlahov D, editors. Cities and the health of the public. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press; 2006. p. 106-125.
20. Gordon-Larsen P, Harris KM, Ward DS, Popkin BM. Acculturation, overweight-related behaviors among Hispanic immigrants to the US: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Soc Sci Med 2003;57:2023-34.
21. Sundquist J, Winkleby M. Country of birth, acculturation status and abdominal obesity in a national sample of Mexican-American women and men. Int J Epidemiol 2000;29:470-7.
22. Himmelgreen DA, Perez-Escamilla R, Martinez D, Bretnall A, Eells B, Peng Y, Bermudez A. The longer you stay, the bigger you get: Length of time and language use in the US are associated with obesity in Puerto Rican women. Am J Phys Anthropol 2004;125:90-6.
23. Neuhouser ML, Thompson B, Coronado GD, Solomon CC. Higher fat intake and lower fruit and vegetables intakes are associated with greater acculturation among Mexicans living in Washington State. J Am Diet Assoc 2004;104:51-7.
24. Aldrich L. Acculturation erodes the diet quality of US. Hisp Food Rev 2000;23:51-5.
25. Lee S, Sobal J, Frongillo EA. Acculturation and health among Korean Americans. Soc Sci Med 2000;51:159-73.
26. Magana JR, de la Rocha O. Revisiting the dimensions of acculturation: cultural theory and psychometric practice. Hisp J Behav Sci 1996;18:444-69.
27. Sobal J, Stunkard AJ. Socioeconomic status and obesity: A review of the literature. Psychol Bull 1989;105:260 75.
28. Sundquist J, Johansson SE. The influence of socioeconomic status, ethnicity and lifestyle on body mass index in a longitudinal study. Int J Epidemiol 1998;27:57-63.
29. Paeratakul S, Lovejoy JC, Ryan DH, Bray GA. The relation of gender, race and socioeconomic status to obesity and obesity comorbidities in a sample of US adults. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2002;26:1205-10.
30. Gove W. Sex, marital status, and mortality. Am J Sociol 1973;79:45-68.
31. Kawachi I, Kennedy BP. The health of nations. New York: The New Press; 2003.
32. Lane RE. Friendship or commodities? The road not taken: Friendship, consumerism, and happiness. Critical Rev 1994;8:521-54.