Duration of US Residence and Obesity Risk in NYC Chinese Immigrants

Aimee Afable; Ming Chin Yeh; Tushar Trivedi; Erin Andrews; Judith Wylie-Rosett

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Duration of US Residence and Obesity Risk in NYC Chinese Immigrants

Aimee Afable, Ming Chin Yeh, Tushar Trivedi, Erin Andrews, Judith Wylie-Rosett

Epidemiology & Population Health

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We evaluated whether duration of time in the US is associated with obesity risk in NYC Chinese immigrants. We analyzed cross-sectional survey data on 2072 men and women. Duration of US residence was categorized into ≤5, 6–15, and 15 years and over. Obesity was defined using WHO Asian standards: BMI of 27.5 kg/m ² or greater. Diet and physical activity (PA) were assessed as potential explanatory variables. After adjusting for covariates, increased time in the US was associated with an increased obesity risk (OR 1.49; 95 % CI 1.06, 2.08 for 15 years or more vs. ≤5 years); and in separate analysis, with having reported no work related PA (OR 0.76; 95 % CI 0.59, 0.99). Findings suggest that increased time living in the US is associated with an increased obesity risk, a finding possibly explained by a shift to more sedentary lifestyle characteristic of the transition of immigrants to the US.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	624-635
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume	18
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0216-y
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

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Acculturation
Assimilation
Chinese-origin
Obesity

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