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Determinants of Latina Obesity in the United States: The Role of Selective Acculturation

Hunter College, City University of New York

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	Abstract

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.

First published on October 23, 2008, doi:10.1177/1043659608325846

Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2009;20:105.

A more recent version of this article appeared on January 1, 2009


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