Acculturation and Health Status in the Children's Healthy Living Program in the Pacific Region

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 21; no. 4; p. 448
• Main Authors: Sparks, Kalanikiekie S, Fialkowski, Marie K, Dela Cruz, Rica, Grandinetti, Andrew, Wilkens, Lynne, Banna, Jinan C, Bersamin, Andrea, Paulino, Yvette, Aflague, Tanisha, Coleman, Patricia, Deenik, Jonathan, Fleming, Travis, Novotny, Rachel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 06.04.2024
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adult; Adults; Age; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cardiovascular disease; Caregivers; Child; Child Health; Child, Preschool; Children; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cultural differences; Cultural groups; Culture; Diabetes; Female; Food; Hawaii - epidemiology; Health care; Health Status; Humans; Intervention; Lifestyles; Male; Nutrition; Obesity; Overweight; Pacific Islands - epidemiology; Parents & parenting; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity - ethnology; Public health; Sociocultural factors; Hawaii; Pacific Islands; United States > US; Pacific region; Guam; Alaska; American Samoa; Palau; Micronesia; acanthosis nigricans; U.S.-Affiliated Pacific; waist circumference; body mass index; acculturation; overweight; obesity; child

Acculturation/enculturation has been found to impact childhood health and obesity status. The objective of this study is to use cross-sectional data to examine the association between proxies of adult/caregiver acculturation/enculturation and child health status (Body Mass Index [BMI], waist circumf...