title: Health behaviors among Cambodian adults in Lowell, Massachusetts.
abstract: Physical activity, maintaining healthy weight, eating fruits and vegetables, and non-smoking are health behaviors that reduce risk for a variety of poor health outcomes. This analysis reports frequencies and socio-demographic correlates of these behaviors among 381 Cambodians aged 25 and older surveyed in Lowell, MA. The majority reported some physical activity (72 %), healthy weight (62 %), and not smoking (77 %). Only 28 % reported adequate fruit and vegetable consumption. Four multivariable models indicate that (1) physical activity was associated with higher income, lower levels of US education, reading English, and living in the US 11-19 years; (2) healthy weight with living in the US 20 or more years; (3) not smoking with being female and living in the US less than 11 years; and (4) adequate fruit and vegetable consumption with lower levels of US education and reading English. These results inform public health planning for Cambodians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02186, USA. Skochw01@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koch-Weser
authors.forename: Sidney
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Dorcas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grigg-Saito
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toof
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors