The Hispanic paradox in the prevalence of obesity at the county‐level

• Published in: Obesity science & practice Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 14 - 24
• Main Authors: Valencia, Areli, Zuma, Bongeka Z., Spencer‐Bonilla, Gabriela, López, Lenny, Scheinker, David, Rodriguez, Fatima
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: African Americans; Disease control; Environmental factors; health disparities; Hispanic paradox; Households; Obesity; Original; Regression analysis; United States > US; obesity; health disparities; Hispanic paradox

Objective The percentage of Hispanics in a county has a negative association with prevalence of obesity. Because Hispanic individuals are unevenly distributed in the United States, this study examined whether this protective association persists when stratifying counties into quartiles based on the...