Abstract:
:Canada has an increasingly large immigrant population. Areas of higher immigrant density, may relate to immigrants' health through reduced acculturation to Western foods, greater access to cultural foods, and/or promotion of salubrious values/practices. It is unclear, however, whether an association exists between Canada-wide regional immigrant density and obesity among immigrants. Thus, we examined whether regional immigrant density was related to obesity, among immigrants. Adult immigrant respondents (n = 15,595) to a national population-level health survey were merged with region-level immigrant density data. Multi-level logistic regression was used to model the odds of obesity associated with increased immigrant density. The prevalence of obesity among the analytic sample was 16%. Increasing regional immigrant density was associated with lower odds of obesity among minority immigrants and long-term white immigrants. Immigrant density at the region-level in Canada may be an important contextual factor to consider when examining obesity among immigrants.
journal_name
J Immigr Minor Healthjournal_title
Journal of immigrant and minority healthauthors
Emerson SD,Carbert NSdoi
10.1007/s10903-017-0676-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
1298-1302issue
5eissn
1557-1912issn
1557-1920pii
10.1007/s10903-017-0676-3journal_volume
20pub_type
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