Immigrant assimilation and BMI and waist size: a longitudinal examination among Hispanic and Chinese participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

U.S. birth and longer length of U.S. residence among the foreign-born have been linked to higher anthropometric measures. However previous studies have been cross-sectional and few have examined heterogeneity by ethnic group. Cross-sectional findings that show immigrant weight converging to U.S.-bor...

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Main Authors: Albrecht, Sandra S., Roux, Ana V. Diez, Kandula, Namratha R., Osypuk, Theresa L., Ni, Hanyu, Shrager, Sandi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752334/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23716458
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oby.20104
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