Dietary Assimilation among Mexican Children in Immigrant Households: Code-switching and Healthy Eating across Social Institutions

Immigrant health assimilation is often framed as a linear, individualistic process. Yet new assimilation theory and structural theories of health behavior imply variation in health assimilation as immigrants and their families interact with different US social institutions throughout the day. We tes...

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Main Authors: Dondero, M. (Author), Frisco, M.L (Author), Martin, M.A (Author), Van Hook, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Sociological Association 2018
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