TY - JOUR
T1 - Food Hardship and Obesity in a Sample of Low-Income Immigrants
AU - Caspi, Caitlin E.
AU - Tucker-Seeley, Reginald D.
AU - Adamkiewicz, Gary
AU - Roberto, Christina A.
AU - Stoddard, Anne M.
AU - Sorensen, Glorian C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - Very little work has examined the relationship between food hardship (having inconsistent financial resources to buy food) and obesity among immigrant groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a low-income, multi-racial/ethnic adult sample in greater Boston, MA (n = 828). Modified Poisson regression models estimated the association between food hardship obesity (BMI ≥ 30) among adults reporting food hardship; interactions were tested by place of birth. Body mass index (BMI) was based on anthropometric height and weight. In adjusted models, those experiencing food hardship were more likely to be obese (RR 1.17, CI 1.07, 1.29) than those not experiencing food hardship. Participants from Haiti reporting food hardship were more likely to be obese than those not reporting hardship (RR 1.58, CI 1.23, 2.04); this was not the case among other groups (US born, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Other). The relationship between food hardship and weight may vary among immigrant subgroups.
AB - Very little work has examined the relationship between food hardship (having inconsistent financial resources to buy food) and obesity among immigrant groups. A cross-sectional study was conducted in a low-income, multi-racial/ethnic adult sample in greater Boston, MA (n = 828). Modified Poisson regression models estimated the association between food hardship obesity (BMI ≥ 30) among adults reporting food hardship; interactions were tested by place of birth. Body mass index (BMI) was based on anthropometric height and weight. In adjusted models, those experiencing food hardship were more likely to be obese (RR 1.17, CI 1.07, 1.29) than those not experiencing food hardship. Participants from Haiti reporting food hardship were more likely to be obese than those not reporting hardship (RR 1.58, CI 1.23, 2.04); this was not the case among other groups (US born, Puerto Rican, Latin American, Other). The relationship between food hardship and weight may vary among immigrant subgroups.
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Hardship
KW - Immigrant
KW - Obesity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-016-0344-z
DO - 10.1007/s10903-016-0344-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 26872640
AN - SCOPUS:84957944660
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 19
SP - 130
EP - 137
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 1
ER -
