ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2017
Food Hardship and Obesity in a Sample of Low-Income Immigrants.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Latino Immigrants to the USA.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Obesity and health-related quality of life among immigrant Meskhetian Turks in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- The intersection of food insecurity and child health: Implications for policy and practice in the Bronx.PloS one · 2025Article
- Findings on dietary characteristics among Haitian immigrants and the threat of food insecurity: A scoping review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Determinants of food insecurity among Syrian refugee women and their coping strategies.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- SNAP Participation and Emergency Department Use.Pediatrics · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity and Cardiometabolic Conditions: a Review of Recent Research.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
- Food Insecurity, Chronic Disease and Quality of Life among Deaf Adults who use American Sign Language.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2021Article
- An Evaluation of Food Insecurity and Its Correlates in a Filipino American Study Sample Residing in Clark County, Nevada.Health equity · 2019Article
- Community clinic-based lifestyle change for prevention of metabolic syndrome: Rationale, design and methods of the 'Vida Sana/healthy life' program.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2018Article
- Armed Conflict in Central America and Immigrant Food Insecurity in the United States.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Very little work has examined the relationship between food hardship (having inconsistent financial resources to buy food) and obesity among immigrant groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a low-income, multi-racial/ethnic adult sample in greater Boston, MA (n = 828). Modified Poisson regression models estimated the association between food hardship obesity (BMI ≥ 30) among adults reporting food hardship; interactions were tested by place of birth. Body mass index (BMI) was based on anthropometric height and weight. In adjusted models, those experiencing food hardship were more likely to be obese (RR 1.17, CI 1.07, 1.29) than those not experiencing food hardship. Participants from Haiti reporting food hardship were more likely to be obese than those not reporting hardship (RR 1.58, CI 1.23, 2.04); this was not the case among other groups (US born, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Other). The relationship between food hardship and weight may vary among immigrant subgroups.
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