National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health, ANU College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Research School of Population Health, National Centre of Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University Canberra, Room 1.29, Building 62, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 Aug;21(4):737-750. doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0841-3.
Despite high overweight/obesity rates in children of Australian immigrants, the risk factors are unknown. We investigated behavioural risk factors and their association with overweight/obesity in 4-11 year-old children by immigrant status. We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of 8 years data from the longitudinal study of Australian children. Immigrant children from low-and-middle-income-countries had higher overweight/obesity rates across all ages. These children had higher vegetables and sugar-sweetened-beverages intake, higher sedentary activities and lower organized-sports participation than immigrant children from high-income-countries or Australian-children. Organized-sports participation and screen-time converged to the Australian norms in 10-11 year-old boys, but not in girls. Preference for sedentary activities and screen-time explained the differences in overweight/obesity by maternal immigrant status in boys but not in girls. The difference in drivers of overweight/obesity amongst immigrant children from low-and-middle-income-countries suggest more nuanced age, sex and culturally sensitive preventive health messages for immigrants.
尽管澳大利亚移民儿童的超重/肥胖率很高,但风险因素尚不清楚。我们通过移民身份调查了 4-11 岁儿童的行为风险因素及其与超重/肥胖的关系。我们对澳大利亚儿童纵向研究 8 年的数据进行了横断面和纵向分析。来自中低收入国家的移民儿童在所有年龄段的超重/肥胖率都更高。这些儿童蔬菜和含糖饮料的摄入量更高,久坐活动更多,有组织的体育活动参与率更低,而来自高收入国家的移民儿童或澳大利亚儿童则更少。10-11 岁男孩的有组织的体育活动和屏幕时间与澳大利亚的标准趋同,但女孩没有。男孩中,对久坐活动和屏幕时间的偏好解释了母亲移民身份对超重/肥胖的影响,但女孩中没有。来自中低收入国家的移民儿童超重/肥胖的驱动因素存在差异,这表明需要针对移民制定更细致的年龄、性别和文化敏感的预防健康信息。