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Determinants of Latina Obesity in the United States

The Role of Selective Acculturation

Ming-Chin Yeh, PhD

Hunter College, City University of New York

Anahi Viladrich, PhD

Hunter College, City University of New York

Nancy Bruning, MPH

Hunter College, City University of New York

Carol Roye, EdD, RN

Hunter College, City University of New York

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Hispanic American women in particular have higher rates of obesity than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. In this article, the authors review the existing literature on acculturation as it relates to obesity and health behaviors among U.S. Hispanic women. In addition, a conceptual framework is proposed to examine factors contributing to obesity through "selective acculturation." This concept challenges traditionally held unilateral assumptions that underscore Hispanic women's unhealthful behavioral patterns by explaining a process whereby Hispanic women both maintain some older health-related behaviors and acquire new ones once they settle in a new culture.

Key Words: Hispanics • obesity • acculturation • body mass index • nutrition

This version was published on January 1, 2009

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 20, No. 1, 105-115 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1043659608325846
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