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Pre-acculturation as a risk factor for obesity: Findings from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES)

Immigrants to the United States may have an advantage in terms of healthier weight, but tend to gain excessive weight after arrival, and may suffer from obesity and related health conditions. Acculturation theory suggests that this increase in obesity risk is due to adoption of unhealthy western die...

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Autores principales: Gee, Gilbert C., de Castro, A.B., Crespi, Catherine, Wang, May, Hing, Anna, Bacong, Adrian, Llave, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6831884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31709297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100482