Role of Country of Origin and State of Residence for Dietary Change Among Foreign-born Adults in the US

Overview

Journal Health Place

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Public Health

Date 2023 Sep 2

PMID 37659156

Authors

Rebecca E Jones-Antwi

Regine Haardorfer

Fernando Riosmena

Shivani A Patel

Solveig A Cunningham

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Abstract

Place of origin and place of current residence may shape migrants' health-related behaviors. Using the nationally-representative US New Immigrant Survey (n = 7930), we examined associations between country of origin, state of residence, and dietary changes among foreign-born adults. 65% of migrants reported dietary change since immigration (mean score = 7.3; range = 1-10); 6% of the variance was explained by country of origin characteristics; 1.6% by US state of residence; 1.4% by their interaction. Country of origin factors, specifically availability of animal source foods and sweets, were associated with dietary change, availability of sweets also including greater abandonment of specific foods and adoption of others.

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