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SUBMITTER: Creighton MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3595158 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Creighton Mathew J MJ Goldman Noreen N Pebley Anne R AR Chung Chang Y CY
Social science & medicine (1982) 20120410 2
Using the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS-2; n = 1610), we explore the link between Mexican immigrant acculturation, diet, exercise and obesity. We distinguish Mexican immigrants and 2nd generation Mexicans from 3rd+ generation whites, blacks and Mexicans. First, we examine variation in social and linguistic measures by race/ethnicity, duration of residence and immigrant generation. Second, we consider the association between acculturation, diet and exercise. Third, we evalu ...[more]