Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Department of Health Policy and Management, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, 55 West 125th Street, New York, NY, USA.
BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 26;21(1):1453. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11351-1.
Among 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.
Compared 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.
Eating out does not explain increasing obesity odds among the foreign-born.
在美国的外国出生人群中，饮食文化同化和外出就餐可能会增加肥胖风险。利用 2004 年（N=1952）和 2013/14 年（N=1481）纽约市健康与营养调查的数据，我们比较了不同出生年份人群的肥胖率：1）肥胖的几率；2）外出就餐与肥胖的关系；3）外国出生人群的到达年龄和居住时间对肥胖的影响。使用加权逻辑回归估计肥胖的几率。
与美国出生的人群相比，2004 年外国出生的人群肥胖的几率较低（调整后的比值比[aOR]=0.51（95%可信区间 0.37-0.70），P<.0001）。2013/14 年的结果则没有差异。2013/14 年，外出就餐的外国出生人群肥胖的几率较低（aOR=0.49（95%可信区间 0.31-0.77），P=0.0022）。2004 年，在美国居住≥10 年的外国出生人群肥胖的几率较高（aOR=1.73（95%可信区间 1.08-2.79），P=0.0233），但在 2013/14 年则没有差异。
外出就餐并不能解释外国出生人群肥胖几率的增加。
