Immigrants' acculturation and changes in Body Mass Index

被引：10

作者：

Iversen, Tor ^{[1
]}

Ma, Ching-to Albert ^{[2
,3
]}

Meyer, Haakon E. ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oslo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Dept Hlth Management & Hlth Econ, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway

[2] Boston Univ, Dept Econ, Boston, MA 02215 USA

[3] Univ Oslo, Dept Econ, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway

[4] Univ Oslo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Dept Community Med, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway

[5] Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Oslo, Norway

来源：

ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY | 2013年 / 11卷 / 01期

关键词：

Obesity; Acculturation; Changes in Body Mass Index; Immigrants; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; WEIGHT; WOMEN; TIME; US;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ehb.2012.02.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We study Body Mass Index (BMI) changes among immigrants from Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, and Vietnam relative to native Norwegians in Oslo. We assess the effect of acculturation on BMI changes. We hypothesize that acculturation reduces the gap of BMIs between natives and immigrants. Acculturation is measured by immigrants' language skills. Our data come from two surveys in Oslo 2000-2002. Weights and heights were measured at the surveys; participants were asked to recall weights when they were 25 years old. Norwegian language skills and socio-economic data were collected. Our findings support our hypothesis. Acculturation, as measured by proficiency in the Norwegian language, has the predicted effects on BMI changes. We do not find any effect of immigrants' time of residency on BMI changes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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