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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Asian American Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Uyen-Sa D T Nguyen, Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Sarpong Boateng, Phuong Khanh Tran, Rajesh Gururaghavendran, Yvette C Cozier

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. The Association Between Racial Microaggressions and Stereotypes and Self-Rated Mental Health in Asian Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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Uyen-Sa D T NguyenDepartment of Population & Community Health, College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2715-9073
Hyeouk Chris HahmSchool of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6622-7628
Sarpong BoatengDepartment of Population & Community Health, College of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0199-0424
Phuong Khanh TranDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4301-7983
Rajesh GururaghavendranDepartment of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, Institute for Child Health Policy, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Yvette C CozierSchool of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0625-7256

Funding

VietAmerican Health Pilot StudyR21MD013542 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR · PI NGUYEN, UYEN-SA DUC TRAN · 2020 to 2021
$415k
Boston University Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health N/ABoston University School of Public Health N/ABoston University School of Social Work Research Collaboration Development Pilot Funding N/ANIH HHS R21MD013542
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the association between perceived discrimination and body mass index (BMI) in Asian American (AA) women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data used were from the Epidemiology/Epigenetics of Asian Women's Action for Resilience and Empowerment (Epi AWARE) study, which enrolled 157 AA women aged 18 to 59 between December 2019 and September 2022. Two sets of questions measured "everyday" (e.g., "How often do people act as if you are dishonest?") and "lifetime" (e.g., "unfair treatment due to your race at school") discrimination. Responses were combined, creating a cumulative score, and dichotomized into "no" versus "any" discrimination. Self-reported height and weight were used to calculate BMI, dichotomized as <25 kg/m

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AsianBody Mass IndexCOVID-19RacismAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPandemicsUnited StatesYoung AdultAsianAsian Americanbody mass indexdiscriminationobesityracism

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PMID40427778
PMCPMC12111472

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