Department of Health Sciences, University of Missouri, 501 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Department of Sociology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Oct;23(5):936-945. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01210-x. Epub 2021 May 13.
We examine whether exposure to the US, experienced under certain conditions of disadvantage, namely immigrant legal status, is associated with body weight. Using the pooled, cross-sectional 2001 and 2008 Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (LAFANS) (n = 2063), we examine whether body mass index (BMI) and obesity vary by Hispanic immigrants' legal status and time exposure to the US. The increased risk of obesity associated with greater US exposure is more pronounced among unauthorized Hispanic immigrants compared to their legally resident coethnic peers, after adjusting for age and age-at-arrival. It is not only residing in the US that is associated with increases in body weight, but residing in the US as an unauthorized immigrant. Improved data and methods are needed to facilitate research of greater policy significance and a refined understanding of how health integration processes vary by legal status.
我们研究了在美国特定不利条件下（即移民法律地位）暴露是否与体重有关。使用 2001 年和 2008 年洛杉矶家庭和邻里调查（LAFANS）的汇总横断面数据（n=2063），我们研究了西班牙裔移民的法律地位和在美国的时间暴露是否会导致身体质量指数（BMI）和肥胖的变化。在调整年龄和到达年龄后，与合法居民的同族同龄人相比，与更大的美国暴露相关的肥胖风险增加在未经授权的西班牙裔移民中更为明显。体重增加不仅与居住在美国有关，还与作为非法移民居住在美国有关。需要改进数据和方法，以促进更具政策意义的研究，并更深入地了解健康整合过程如何因法律地位而异。
