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Overweight and Obesity in Brazilian Immigrants in Massachusetts, USA: A Time Series Analysis (2009-2020).
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- Global prevalence of underweight and overweight/obesity among migrant workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Overweight and obesity among youth in a city in Western Amazonia: a time trend analysis from 2006 to 2024 of the largest geographic capital of Brazil.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Obesity and health-related quality of life among immigrant Meskhetian Turks in Turkey: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Findings on dietary characteristics among Haitian immigrants and the threat of food insecurity: A scoping review.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionObesity is considered a growing public health problem by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and a global epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated the prevalence of adult obesity at 31.9% in the USA. The USA is one of the main destinations for Brazilian immigrants in search of better living conditions, and Massachusetts is one of the states with the highest presence of Brazilians. Changes in lifestyle and eating habits are often associated with increases in overweight and obesity in immigrants in the USA, especially Hispanics, an official classification that does not, however, include Brazilians. The aim of this study was to describe the temporal trend of overweight and obesity in Brazilian immigrants assisted by the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) healthcare network in Massachusetts.
methodsThis was an ecological time series study of 128,206 records of Brazilians aged between 18 and 60 years based on hospital data from 2009 to 2020.
resultsMean age was 38.9 (SD = 10.6), and 61% of the sample were women. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 38.4% and 25.4%, respectively. Obesity exhibited an increasing trend, while eutrophy and overweight decreased during the study period.
conclusionAs little is known about the health of Brazilian immigrants in the USA, this study contributes to the literature on the subject. The observed increasing trends agree with the worldwide increase in obesity and indicate the need for future research exploring individual factors associated with immigrant acculturation.
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