Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Chronic health problems plague immigrants decades after move

The U.S. lifestyle is bad for your health, according to this report. I think many people would agree, including Latino immigrants. - - Donna Poisl

By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times

Is migrating to the United States hazardous to your health?

If you’re Latino and have lived in the states more than 20 years, you might want to listen up: Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that the longer immigrants have lived in the U.S., the worse their health gets.

Latinos who migrated to the U.S. more than 20 years ago were twice as likely to be obese as those who had lived here for less than 10 years, lead researcher Leslie Cofie and colleagues reported Monday at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting and expo in Washington.
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