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Obesity and Obesogenic Behaviors in Asian American Children with Immigrant and US-Born Mothers

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  • Bianca R. Argueza

    (California Department of Public Health Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Sacramento, CA 95899, USA
    Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA)

  • Karen Sokal-Gutierrez

    (Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA)

  • Kristine A. Madsen

    (Berkeley School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA)

Abstract

Child obesity is understudied in Asian Americans, which include a growing population of recent immigrants. We examined the relationship between maternal nativity and time in the US, and obesity and obesogenic behaviors among Asian American children. We analyzed public-use data from the 2013–2016 California Health Interview Survey for Asian American children ages 2 to 11 years. We used logistic regression to determine the odds of obesity and obesogenic behaviors associated with maternal nativity and time in the US. This study included n = 609 children. Children of US-born mothers had lower odds of obesity (adjusted odds ratio, AOR, 0.12; 95% CI 0.02 to 0.91) and lower fruit intake (AOR 0.15, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.81) than children of recent immigrants (< 5 years in the US). Asian American children with recent immigrant mothers are more likely to be obese and eat less fruit than children with US-born mothers. Efforts to prevent obesity and increase fruit consumption are particularly important for this vulnerable population of children of recent immigrants.

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  • Bianca R. Argueza & Karen Sokal-Gutierrez & Kristine A. Madsen, 2020. "Obesity and Obesogenic Behaviors in Asian American Children with Immigrant and US-Born Mothers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-11, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:5:p:1786-:d:330495
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