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References for Consequences of the obesity epidemic for immigrants
Further reading
- Bates, L. M., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Alegria, M., Krieger, N. "Immigration and generational trends in body mass index and obesity in the United States: Results of the National Latino and Asian American Survey, 2002–2003"American Journal of Public Health98:1 (2008): 70–77.
- Averett, S., Argys, L. M., Kohn, J. L. "Immigrants, wages and obesity: The weight of the evidence" In: Constant, A. F., Zimmermann, K. F. (eds).International Handbook on the Economics of Migration. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2013.
Key references
- World Health Organization "Obesity and overweight", 2015.
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- OECD "Obesity update 2014", 2014.
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- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs "Trends in international migrant stock: Migrants by destination and origin", 2013.
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- Antecol, H., Bedard, K. "Unhealthy assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health status levels?"Demography43:2 (2006): 337–360.
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- Park, J., Myers, D., Kao, D., Min, S. H. "Immigrant obesity and unhealthy assimilation: Alternative estimates of convergence or divergence, 1995–2005"Social Science and Medicine69:11 (2009): 1625–1633.
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- Hao, L., Kim, J. "Immigration and the American obesity epidemic"International Migration Review43:2 (2009): 237–262.
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- McDonald, J. T., Kennedy, S. "Is migration to Canada associated with unhealthy weight gain? Overweight and obesity among Canada’s immigrants"Social Science and Medicine61:12 (2007): 2469–2481.
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- Hauck, K., Hollingsworth, B., Morgan, L. "BMI differences in 1st and 2nd generation immigrants of Asian and European origin to Australia"Health & Place1(2011): 78 - 85。
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- Kaushal, N. "Adversaries of acculturation: Prevalence of obesity among immigrants"Health Economics18:3 (2009): 291–301.
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- Creighton, M. J., Goldman, N., Pebley, A. R., Chung, C. Y. "Durational and generational differences in Mexican immigrant obesity: Is acculturation an explanation?"Social Science and Medicine75:2 (2012): 300–310.
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- Averett, S. "Labor market consequences: Employment, wages, disability, and absenteeism" In: Cawley, J. (ed).Handbook of the Social Science of Obesity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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- Cawley, J., Han, E., Norton, E. C. "Obesity and labor market outcomes among legal immigrants to the United States from developing countries"Economics and Human Biology7:2 (2009): 153–164.
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- Averett, S. L., Argys, L. M., Kohn, J. "Immigration, obesity and labor market outcomes in the UK"IZA Journal of Migration1:2 (2012).
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- World Health Organization "Obesity and overweight", 2015.
Additional References
- Brussaard, J. H., van Erp-Baart, M. A., Brants, H. A. M., Hulshof, K. F. A. M., Lowik, M. R. H. "Nutrition and health among migrants in the Netherlands"Public Health Nutrition4:2B (2001): 659–664.
- Castellanos, D. C. "Dietary acculturation in Latinos/Hispanics in the United States"American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine9:1 (2015): 31–36.
- Choi, J. "Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US immigrants: Results of the 2003 New Immigrant Survey"Journal of Immigrant Minority Health14:6 (2012): 1112–1118.
- Cairney, J., Ostbye, T. "Time since immigration and excess body weight"Canadian Journal of Public Health90:2 (1999): 120–124.
- Constant, A. M., Zimmermann, K. F. "Migration, ethnicity and economic integration" In: Jovanovich, M. N. (ed).International Handbook of the Economics of Integration Vol. III. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011.
- Delavari, M., Sonderlund, A. L., Swinburn, B., Mellor, D., Renzaho, A. "Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries—A systematic review"BMC Public Health13 (2013): 458–469.
- de Onis, M., Onyango, A. W., Borghi, E., Siyam, A., Nishida, C., Siekmann, J. "Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents"Bulletin of the World Health Organization85 (2007): 660–667.
- Dustmann, C., Glitz, A., Vogel, T. "Employment, wages and the economic cycle: Differences between immigrants and natives"European Economic Review54:1 (2010): 1–17.
- Jasso, G., Massey, D., Rosenzweig, M., Smith, J. P. "Immigrant health—Selectivity and acculturation" In: Anderson, N., Lulatao, R., Cohen, B. (eds).Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Later Life. Washington, DC: National Research Council of the National Academies, 2004.
- Kaplan, M. S., Huguet, N., Newsom, J. T., McFarland, B. H. "The association between length of residence and obesity among Hispanic immigrants"American Journal of Preventive Medicine27:4 (2004): 323–326.
- Kirchengast, S., Schober, E. "To be an immigrant: A risk factor for developing overweight and obesity during childhood and adolescence?"Journal of Biosocial Science38:5 (2006): 695–705.
- Klarenbach, S., Padwal, R., Chuck, A., Jacobs, P. "Population-based analysis of obesity and workforce participation"Obesity14:5 (2006): 920–927.
- Leclere, F., Jensen, L., Biddlecom, A. "Health care utilization, family context, and adaptation among immigrants to the United States"Journal of Health and Social Behavior35:4 (1994): 370–384.
- Lindeboom, M., Lundborg, P., van der Klaauw, B.Obesity and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the British NCDSIZA Discussion Paper No.4099, 2009.
- Pérez-Escamilla, R. "Acculturation, nutrition, and health disparities in Latinos"The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition93:5 (2011): 1163S–1167S.
- Perez, C. "Health status and health behavior among immigrants"Health Reports(2002).
- Popkin, B., Udry, J. "Adolescent obesity increases significantly in second and third generation U.S. immigrants: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health"Journal of Nutrition128:4 (1998): 701–706.
- Pagán, J., Dávila, A. "Obesity, occupational attainment, and earnings"Social Science Quarterly78:3 (1997):756–770.
- Sanou, D., O’Reilly, E., Ngnie-Teta, I., Batal, M., Mondain, N., Andrew, C., Newbold, B. K., Bourgeault, I. K. "Acculturation and nutritional health of immigrants in Canada: A scoping review"Journal of Immigrant Minority Health16:1 (2014): 24–34.
- Tremblay, M. S., Bryan, S. N., Perez, C. E., Ardern, C. I., Katzmarzyk, P. T. "Physical activity and immigrant status: Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey"Canadian Journal of Public Health97:4 (2006): 277–282.
- Wolf, A. M., Colditz, G. A. "Current estimates of the economic cost of obesity in the United States"Obesity Research6:2 (1998): 97–106.