Does acculturation affect the dietary intakes and body weight status of children of immigrants in the U.S. and other developed countries? A systematic review

Zhang, Qi; Liu, Ruicui; Diggs, Leigh Ann; Wang, Youfa; Li, Ling

doi:10.1080/13557858.2017.1315365

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“…This influencing factor is supported by the literature, which highlights the impact of acculturation on dietary change. For example, a recent systematic review of the relationship between acculturation, dietary intakes, and the body weight status of children of immigrants concluded that a wide variation exists in the relationship between acculturation and dietary intake 81 . Although this position is supported in our findings, it does not suggest that the positive impact of acculturation was equal to the negative impact.…”

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What factors are associated with obesity‐related health behaviours among child refugees following resettlement in developed countries? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence

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Refugee children are likely to become less active and eat more unhealthily after their resettlement in developed countries. This review aims to identify and synthesize research about factors that influence unhealthy behaviours related to obesity in this population. Six electronic databases were searched systematically to identify studies that sampled refugee children or parents of refugee children aged 2 to 16 years who have resettled in a developed country. Methodological and cultural study quality was assessed and factors associated with obesity-related health behaviours investigated. Twenty studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Five major themes, representing factors influencing health behaviours, were identified from the data synthesis process: Acculturation, Environmental, Socioeconomic, Cognitive, and Family. The analysis revealed that refugee's health behaviours are influenced by several complex factors that are common to immigrant groups but have a greater influence among refugees. The review also revealed parental practices influence the health behaviours of children, especially those aged 2 to 10 years. Research is needed to understand further the role that parents have in influencing health behaviours and weight trajectories of children following resettlement. K E Y W O R D S diet, health behaviours, physical activity, refugee parents 1 | INTRODUCTION Obesity is an extremely important public health problem facing individuals, communities, and governments. 1 The last decade has seen a marked rise in the prevalence of obesity rates worldwide, with incidence of overweight reaching epidemic proportions 2 and threatening to outnumber global rates of undernutrition. 3,4 The increasing prevalence of global obesity has serious health implications for populations worldwide as it constitutes a major risk for chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and stroke, as well as certain forms of cancer. 5 Importantly, although it is more common among adults, a marked rise has also been observed in the incidence of obesity in children. 6

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What factors are associated with obesity‐related health behaviours among child refugees following resettlement in developed countries? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence

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“…Acculturation has long been thought to influence obesity in immigrant populations since a classic study by Popkin and Udry (1998) provided evidence that immigrants’ obesity rates increased by the number of generations they lived in the United States. Currently, conflicting results on acculturation and obesity were found in adult studies (Ro & Bostean, 2015; Salinas, Abdelbary, Rentfro, Fisher-Hoch, & McCormick, 2014) and child studies (McLeod, Buscemi, & Bohnert, 2016; Zhang, Liu, Diggs, Wang, & Ling, 2019). Recent evidence indicates that the advantage foreign-born Mexican American children had over their U.S.-born counterparts in the 1990s has now diminished so that both foreign-born and U.S.-born Mexican American children have similar rates of overweight/obesity (Maldonado & Albrecht, 2018).…”

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Cultural Influences on Childhood Obesity in Ethnic Minorities: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Chatham

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2019

J Transcult Nurs

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Introduction: Childhood obesity remains an unrelenting public health problem disproportionately affecting ethnic minorities. Although research has examined ethnicity as a factor of childhood obesity, few studies have examined cultural influences. The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the qualitative evidence of cultural influences on childhood obesity in ethnic minority groups. Methodology: Selective sampling of studies since 2008 yielded 251 articles. Twelve articles that addressed cultural influences on childhood obesity were identified for review. The Culture Care Theory Sunrise Enabler factors were used as an a priori framework for theme coding. Results: Nine themes emerged: child feeding, family, gender roles, food, healthy child appearance, physical activity, sedentary activity, food cost, and obesogenic environment. Discussion: Cultural care practices such as traditional foods and family meals are protective factors in childhood obesity and should be encouraged by nurses caring for and working with ethnic minority populations.

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“…Public health and food-related scholarship has paid a great deal of attention to understanding how the predominant food environment of the host country impacts the health of newcomers. These studies largely focus on the impact of dietary acculturation on health outcomes of immigrants (Zhang et al 2019). The health and living conditions of immigrants who work on farms, in processing plants, and in the food service industry have also been subjects of many inquiries that illuminate how labor regulations-or the lack thereof-impact some of the most marginalized, yet crucial, actors in the food system (Moyce and Schenker 2018;Mucci et al 2019).…”

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Immigrants as Transformers: The Case for Immigrant Food Enterprises and Community Revitalization

Khojasteh¹

2020

The Immigrant-Food Nexus

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Does acculturation affect the dietary intakes and body weight status of children of immigrants in the U.S. and other developed countries? A systematic review

Cited by 25 publications

References 61 publications

What factors are associated with obesity‐related health behaviours among child refugees following resettlement in developed countries? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence

What factors are associated with obesity‐related health behaviours among child refugees following resettlement in developed countries? A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence

Cultural Influences on Childhood Obesity in Ethnic Minorities: A Qualitative Systematic Review

Immigrants as Transformers: The Case for Immigrant Food Enterprises and Community Revitalization

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