Community Policy Brief: Concept Mapping to Examine Obesity among Mexican Immigrants Using Concept Mapping within a Community–Academic Partnership to Examine Obesity among Mexican Immigrants

D’Alonzo, Karen T.; Vilaró, Frances Munet; Joseph, Maya E.; Oyeneye, Victoria; Garsman, Lisa; Rosas, Scott R.; Castañeda, Manuel; Vivar, Maria Teresa Herrera

doi:10.1353/cpr.2020.0030

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“…Mexican immigrant women are more likely to work outside the home in the US than in their home country, resulting in limited time to cook meals for their families. Many immigrants work long hours in relatively sedentary jobs, which leaves little discretionary time for physical activity (D’Alonzo et al, 2020). Alternatively, pre-processed high sugar/high fat foods are plentiful and inexpensive (Albrecht et al, 2013; Frisco et al, 2019).…”

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The Impact of Childhood Growth Stunting and Post-Migration Dysbiosis on the Development of Metabolic Syndrome Among Indigenous Immigrant Mexican Women

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Garsman

2020

Biological Research For Nursing

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While weight gain is common following migration to a new country and Mexican Americans have a disparate prevalence of overweight and obesity. In particular, Mexican American women have one of the world’s highest rates of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), characterized by abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, all of which increase the risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although the etiology of this dilemma is not well understood, using the framework of allostatic load (AL), we posit that exposure to multiple physiologic, psychosocial and environmental stressors over the course of the lifespan may contribute to an increased risk of MetS among indigenous Mexican immigrant women. Two such frequently overlooked stressors are: 1) a history of childhood growth stunting (CGS) and 2) dietary changes post migration that result in decreased diversity of the gut microbiome (dysbiosis). To date, little is known about how migration experiences differentially affect the relationship between CGS and MetS in adulthood. The purpose of this theoretical article is to present a proposed model of how early life stressors (ELS), specifically CGS, may interact with insalubrious aspects of the immigration experience to promote an increased risk for MetS among indigenous Mexican immigrant women. This model may be used in a bi-national effort to guide intervention efforts to decrease CGS in Mexico and to prevent, monitor or delay the components of MetS post migration in the US.

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