ArticleJournal of health and social behavior2018
Healthy Eating among Mexican Immigrants: Migration in Childhood and Time in the United States.
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- Health Risk Behaviours by Immigrants' Duration of Residence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of public health · 2022Pooled it
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- The Association of Nativity and Time in the United States on Added Sugar Consumption.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Sorting it out: perceptions of foods among newly arrived adolescent refugees in the Southeastern USA.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Experiences of victimization before resettlement and chronic disease among foreign-born people in the United States.Population studies · 2024Article
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- Supporting early childhood routines to promote cardiovascular health across the life course.Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care · 2023Article
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- The Weight of Being Unauthorized? Legal Status Variation in the Association between US Exposure and Obesity among Hispanic Immigrants in Los Angeles.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Aging into disadvantage: Disability crossover among Mexican immigrants in America.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Signs of the End of the Paradox? Cohort Shifts in Smoking and Obesity and the Hispanic Life Expectancy Advantage.Sociological science · 2020Article
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Abstract
Past research on immigrant health frequently finds that the duration of time lived in the United States is associated with the erosion of immigrants' health advantages. However, the timing of U.S. migration during the life course is rarely explored. We draw from developmental and sociological perspectives to theorize how migration during childhood may be related to healthy eating among adult immigrants from Mexico. We test these ideas with a mechanism-based age-period-cohort model to disentangle age, age at arrival, and duration of residence. Results show that immigrants who arrived during preschool ages (2-5 years) and school ages (6-11 years) have less healthy diets than adult arrivals (25+ years). After accounting for age at arrival, duration of residence is positively related to healthy eating. Overall, the findings highlight the need to focus more research and policy interventions on child immigrants, who may be particularly susceptible to adopting unhealthy American behaviors during sensitive periods of childhood.
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