Acculturation, socioeconomic status, obesity and lifestyle factors among low-income Puerto Rican women in Connecticut, U.S., 1998-1999 Aculturación, clase social, obesidad y factores relacionados con el estilo de vida en mujeres puertorriqueñas de bajos ingresos residentes del estado de Connecticut, Estados Unidos, 1998-1999

• Main Authors: Nurgül Fitzgerald, David Himmelgreen, Grace Damio, Sofia Segura-Pérez, Yu-Kuei Peng, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2006
• Subjects: Aculturación; enfermedades cardiovasculares; diabetes; hispanoamericanos; obesidad; actividad física; clase social; mujeres; Puerto Rico; Acculturation; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes mellitus; Hispanic Americans; obesity; physical activity; socioeconomic status; women; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Bajos; Rho
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a9ac5b7b53554eba921422145a55faf2

OBJECTIVES: To examine the associations of socioeconomic status and acculturation with obesity and lifestyle characteristics that may be risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease among low-income Puerto Rican women. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted between 1998 and 1999 b...