Mexican immigrant health advantage in metabolic syndrome? Examining the contributions of demographic, socioeconomic, and health behavior characteristics.

Consistent with this framework of multiple acculturative processes, research comparing Mexican migrants to non-migrants remaining in Mexico shows that those who migrate are more likely to experience significant short-term changes in health, whether positive or negative, with an overall trend towards health deterioration for the majority of recent Mexican immigrants ( Goldman et al., 2014 ).

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