Obesity in Refugees post-resettlement in a high-income country: a meta-analysis.

IF 3.2 3区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-19 DOI:10.1007/s40615-023-01688-1

Niclette I Kibibi, Isabelle Dena, Precious de-Winton Cummings, Chelsea D Hicks, Wei Bao, Marin L Schweizer

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Abstract

Background: Refugees have a high prevalence of obesity post resettlement, but few studies have compared their risk of obesity to those of the host population. We systematically investigated the association between refugee status and obesity after resettlement in a high-income nation.

Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, OpenGrey and bibliographies of retrieved articles, with no date, location, and language restrictions, for observational studies assessing obesity rates in resettled refugees compared to the host population.

Results: Nine studies were analyzed. We found no evidence of increased risk of obesity among refugees compared to the host population, with significant heterogeneity across studies. However, the risk of obesity among refugee men were significantly lower than the host population.

Discussion: The heterogeneity between studies calls for more high-quality research to examine the risk of obesity among refugees compared to the host population in high-income countries. This will enable results to be pooled to provide more decisive evidence about obesity trends among refugees post migration in a high-income nation.

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难民在高收入国家重新定居后的肥胖问题：一项荟萃分析。

背景：难民在重新安置后肥胖的发生率很高，但很少有研究将他们的肥胖风险与东道国人口的肥胖风险进行比较。我们系统地调查了难民身份与在高收入国家定居后肥胖之间的关系：我们检索了PubMed、Embase、OpenGrey和检索到的文章的参考文献，没有日期、地点和语言限制，以寻找评估重新安置难民与东道国人口相比肥胖率的观察性研究：我们分析了九项研究。我们没有发现任何证据表明难民肥胖的风险比东道主人口高，而且各研究之间存在显著的异质性。然而，男性难民的肥胖风险明显低于东道主人口：讨论：不同研究之间的异质性要求进行更多高质量的研究，以探讨在高收入国家，难民与东道国人口相比的肥胖风险。这将使研究结果能够集中起来，为高收入国家中移民后难民的肥胖趋势提供更具决定性的证据。

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Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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7.30

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5.10%

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263

期刊介绍： Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities reports on the scholarly progress of work to understand, address, and ultimately eliminate health disparities based on race and ethnicity. Efforts to explore underlying causes of health disparities and to describe interventions that have been undertaken to address racial and ethnic health disparities are featured. Promising studies that are ongoing or studies that have longer term data are welcome, as are studies that serve as lessons for best practices in eliminating health disparities. Original research, systematic reviews, and commentaries presenting the state-of-the-art thinking on problems centered on health disparities will be considered for publication. We particularly encourage review articles that generate innovative and testable ideas, and constructive discussions and/or critiques of health disparities.Because the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities receives a large number of submissions, about 30% of submissions to the Journal are sent out for full peer review.