Increasing obesity odds among foreign-born New Yorkers are not explained by eating out, age at arrival, or duration of residence: results from NYC HANES 2004 and 2013/2014

BMC Public Health

Sean J. Haley¹  Margrethe F. Horlyck-Romanovsky² 

[1] Department of Health Policy and Management, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, USA;Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA;

关键词: Obesity;    Dietary acculturation;    Age at arrival;    Duration of residence;    Eating out;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-021-11351-1

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAmong the foreign-born in the United States (US) dietary acculturation and eating out may increase obesity risk.Using the 2004 (N = 1952) and 2013/14 (N = 1481) New York City (NYC) Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, we compared for the foreign-born and US-born by survey year: 1) odds of obesity; 2) association between eating out and obesity and 3) effect of age at arrival and duration of residence among the foreign-born. Weighted logistic regression estimated odds of obesity.ResultsCompared to the US-born, the foreign-born had lower odds of obesity in 2004, (aOR = 0.51 (95%CI 0.37–0.70), P = <.0001). Odds were no different in 2013/14. In 2013/14 the foreign-born who ate out had lower obesity odds (aOR = 0.49 (95%CI 0.31–0.77), P = 0.0022). The foreign-born living in the US≥10 years had greater odds of obesity in 2004 (aOR = 1.73 (95%CI 1.08–2.79), P = 0.0233) but not in 2013/14.ConclusionsEating out does not explain increasing obesity odds among the foreign-born.

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