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SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Volume 269, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113192
Keywords
Overweight; Obesity; Migrant workers; Fast food restaurant density; Spatial analysis
Funding
- Macao (SAR) Government
- RSTKO, University of Macau, Macao (SAR), China [MYRG2015-00109-FSS]
- Stanley Ho Medical Foundation, Macao (SAR), China
- Center for Global Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
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Increased fast food restaurant density was positively associated with unhealthy weight status among Filipina domestic workers in Macao (SAR), China, indicating that providing a healthy working environment and access to healthy food can improve the health of this population.
Background: Female migrant populations are at high risk of being overweight or obese. Beyond individual risk factors, exposure to the neighborhood food environment may contribute to their unhealthy weight status in the host region. Incorporating spatial analysis, this study examined the association between exposure to fast food restaurants and unhealthy weight status among Filipina domestic workers in Macao (SAR), China. Methods and Findings: Data were collected from 1388 Filipina domestic workers recruited using respondentdriven sampling between November 2016 to August 2017. Self-reported data on demographic characteristics, residential mailing address, and health-related behaviors were collected using tablet devices. Height and weight were objectively measured at the study site. Restaurant locations and resident addresses were geocoded and integrated into a shapefile for residential locations using ArcGIS. Nearly 64% of participants were classified as being overweight or obese, with 25.02% overweight and 38.96% obese. Adjusted multivariable logistic regression indicated that increased fast food restaurant density within a 0.5-mile buffer zone around a residential address was positively associated with higher odds of being overweight and obese (aOR = 1.07; 95% CI [1.01-1.14]. Conclusions: Increased fast food restaurant density was associated with unhealthy weight status among Filipina domestic workers in Macao (SAR), China. Providing healthy working environment, including access to healthy food, is indicated to improve the health of this population. Keywords: overweight; obesity; migrant workers; fast food restaurant density; spatial analysis.
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