Another way U.S. immigrants are assimilated: Weight gain

My research is that the reason why immigrant put on weight is that they eat more junk food & Drinks in US than in their native country. If you check the label of process food or manufactured food & drinks in the super market, you would found that the Sodium, Fats, Sugar contents are excessive. Thworst things is after taking meals, they wash down with cola..

Another way U.S. immigrants are assimilated: Weight gain
By Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
Bad news for new Americans: A study published today shows that simply moving to the USA packs on the pounds.

"The longer you live here, the more likely you are to be obese," says Mita Sanghavi Goel, a doctor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and lead author on the study.

The study published in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association examined obesity rates among immigrants and native-born Americans. It found that living in the USA for more than 15 years was associated with a 1.39 increase in body mass index, a scientific measure for weight.

The National Institutes of Health defines a normal-weight BMI as 18.5 to 24.9.

At least three previous studies have found similar increases by comparing immigrants with their children born in the USA. But this is the first study that examines the weight gain among immigrants over an extended time.

This is a new facet of the nation's obesity problem. Government data show that about 65% of Americans are either overweight or obese. Experts fear an explosion of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other illnesses associated with obesity.Read More...
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