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References for Consequences of the obesity epidemic for immigrants
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Further reading
- Bates, L. M., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Alegria, M., Krieger, N. "Immigration and generational trends in body mass index and obesity in the United States: Results of the National Latino and Asian American Survey, 2002–2003" American Journal of Public Health 98:1 (2008): 70–77.
- Averett, S., Argys, L. M., Kohn, J. L. "Immigrants, wages and obesity: The weight of the evidence" In: Constant, A. F., Zimmermann, K. F. (eds). International Handbook on the Economics of Migration. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar, 2013.
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Key references
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World Health Organization "Obesity and
overweight", 2015. Key reference: [1]
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OECD "Obesity update
2014", 2014. Key reference: [2]
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UN Department of Economic and Social
Affairs "Trends in
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Antecol, H., Bedard, K. "Unhealthy
assimilation: Why do immigrants converge to American health
status levels?" Demography 43:2 (2006): 337–360. Key reference: [4]
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Park, J., Myers, D., Kao, D., Min, S. H. "Immigrant obesity
and unhealthy assimilation: Alternative estimates of convergence
or divergence, 1995–2005" Social Science and
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Hao, L., Kim, J. "Immigration and
the American obesity epidemic" International
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McDonald, J. T., Kennedy, S. "Is migration to
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Hauck, K., Hollingsworth, B., Morgan, L. "BMI differences in
1st and 2nd generation immigrants of Asian and European origin
to Australia" Health &
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Kaushal, N. "Adversaries of
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Creighton, M. J., Goldman, N., Pebley, A. R., Chung, C. Y. "Durational and
generational differences in Mexican immigrant obesity: Is
acculturation an explanation?" Social Science and
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Averett, S. "Labor market
consequences: Employment, wages, disability, and
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Cawley, J., Han, E., Norton, E. C. "Obesity and labor
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Averett, S. L., Argys, L. M., Kohn, J. "Immigration,
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World Health Organization "Obesity and
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Additional References
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- Castellanos, D. C. "Dietary acculturation in Latinos/Hispanics in the United States" American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 9:1 (2015): 31–36.
- Choi, J. "Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US immigrants: Results of the 2003 New Immigrant Survey" Journal of Immigrant Minority Health 14:6 (2012): 1112–1118.
- Cairney, J., Ostbye, T. "Time since immigration and excess body weight" Canadian Journal of Public Health 90:2 (1999): 120–124.
- Constant, A. M., Zimmermann, K. F. "Migration, ethnicity and economic integration" In: Jovanovich, M. N. (ed). International Handbook of the Economics of Integration Vol. III. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011.
- Delavari, M., Sonderlund, A. L., Swinburn, B., Mellor, D., Renzaho, A. "Acculturation and obesity among migrant populations in high income countries—A systematic review" BMC Public Health 13 (2013): 458–469.
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- Dustmann, C., Glitz, A., Vogel, T. "Employment, wages and the economic cycle: Differences between immigrants and natives" European Economic Review 54:1 (2010): 1–17.
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