title: Physical activity and sedentary behavior of US immigrant versus non-immigrant adolescents: findings from the NEXT Generation Health Study data.
abstract: This study examined associations of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) with adolescents' immigration status and language spoken at home and with friends.
  
  
  
  Participants (N = 2475) were included from Wave 1 of the NEXT Generation Health Study, a nationally representative 10th-grade cohort study starting in 2009. PA included recommended moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) and vigorous PA (VPA); SB included screen viewing and social-media use. Linear and logistic regressions were conducted controlling for complex survey variables.
  
  
  
  Adolescents with non US-born compared with US-born parents were less likely to engage in VPA (odds ratio = 0.60, p ≤ .05, 95% CI = 0.38-0.96). Parent country of origin and language spoken were not significantly associated with recommended MVPA engagement. None of screen viewing and social-media use was significantly associated with immigration status.
  
  
  
  Recent immigration status was negatively associated with adolescents' PA documenting an important health disparity.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education , Emory University , Atlanta , GA , USA.
authors.forename: Wynette
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: b Department of Health and Exercise Science , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , CO , USA.
authors.forename: Kaigang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: c Health Behavior Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research , Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , Bethesda , MD , USA.
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haynie
authors.affiliation: c Health Behavior Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research , Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development , Bethesda , MD , USA.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Simons-Morton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D000077705:Screen Time; D057185:Sedentary Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D061108:Social Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Immigrant adolescents; language spoken; physical activity; sedentary behavior