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Direct linkVan Hook, Jennifer; Baker, Elizabeth – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010
Previous research fails to find a consistent association between obesity and acculturation for children. We theorize that social isolation shelters children of immigrants from the U.S. "obesiogenic" environment, but this protective effect is offset by immigrant parents' limited capacity to identify and manage this health risk in the United States.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Acculturation, Young Children
