A Study On Low Income Immigrant Children

As referenced above, according to Fass 2006 there are a significant number of children of immigrants being affected by poverty (26% of immigrant children and 16% of children of native born parents). These students are more likely to have a first language other than English and have a higher chance of not being proficient in English. This will result in these children with less than sufficient literacy skills, which in turn affects them in all academic areas.

Immigrant children endue a great deal of stress. This stress is created as a result of leaving familiar people and places and entering a new place with a different culture and language. During this process, many immigrant children struggle to re-establish themselves as they enter the United States. These children need to feel connected and accepted because these are important factors of child development. For children who do not feel connected with their peers, family, or school may have an increased risk of suicide, school failure and drop-out, and criminal activity.

The cultural factor is not the only thing responsible for these habits, also because many Latino Americans in a household where both parents work is sometimes easier and cheaper to just get some fatty or junk food instead of buying fruits and vegetables (Heart Association, 2015). We also have to consider the social-economical factor within the Latino American population where resources are less available than other groups in the United States and their limitation and understanding the role of maintaining a healthy lifestyle can benefit their overall health. Latino Americans are less likely to afford the resources and time to exercise, most of Latino Americans cannot afford the high cost of fitness facilities and professional trainers unlike other Americans. It is important also to highlight that the number of Latino Americans are employed in physical labor jobs which make them tired and often they lack the time and energy to engage in fitness programs that can help them minimize their risks of heart

outcome of obesity in this community, there needs to be a sufficient understand of Hispanic

My parents both came to this country at a very young age. My father was 16 when he first moved to the U.S. and my mother years later moved when she was 19. I am a child of immigrants and it was hard growing up. I consider myself a Mexican American or Chicana. I grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles and later moved to Las Vegas. As I asked my father what he had to deal when he first moved he said “people would discriminate me just because I couldn’t speak well English and because of my brown skin”. “I was only 16 and wanted to live the American dream, but it was more like hell in America”. A lot of people are discriminated every day just because they aren’t Caucasian/white Americans, but they’re still American they live here and have a living here.

The review paper “Factors Associated with Obesity in Latino Children: A Review of the Literature” by Melanie L. Kornides, Panagiota Kitsantas, and Antonia M. Villarruel discusses the collective findings of studies performed on the weight and lifestyles of Latino children from between the years 1998 and 2010. A range of influencing factors is covered, including acculturation, environment, diet, activity, and genetics. This article shows the flaws in some of the studies and proves that much work is left to be done in terms of researching root causes of obesity. Quite a few of the connections were deemed to be positive in one study, yet negative in another. There

By the late nineteenth century the economic lines in America between the upper and lower class were quickly widening because of the boom of urban industrial expansion. Moreover, during the 1800s, America witnessed an influx of immigrants coming from many parts of the world, they made tenement houses in New York’s lower East Side a common destination. One person witnessing the living conditions of these tenements was journalist Jacob A. Riis. For several years, Riis, with camera in hand, tooked a multitude of photographs that depicted the atrocious working and living conditions in the New York slums. Riss reported that the tenements were severely overcrowded, unsanitary, and a breeding ground

As an immigrant, we all come to America to have a better life. Some people came to America because they want to run away from the violence back in their home country such as voila, others came to America just to have better education and life. Even though they both came to America to have a better future. Voila from “The good braider” was a child who came from Sudan to America to escape the harassment and violence the solders did to her and her family, and Young Ju from “A step from heaven” was a little girl who come from Korea to America following her family for better life in America.

It is no secret that obesity is huge problem in the United States. About 40% of the United States’ population is obese (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2015). According to CDC, obesity causes: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and is the second most preventable disease in the United States (2014). If that’s not enough of a public health problem, than add the 147 billion dollars spent in healthcare expenses just in the U.S. alone (CDC, 2014). According to the text, Public Health 101, “the prevalence of obesity has been steadily rising in the U.S. over the last 50 years; increasing over 250%” (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015, p. 114). The obesity percentages increase when a family is in poverty. The facts are that if you make about $30,000 a year; the children of that family is almost twice as likely to be obese than a family that is making 350% above the poverty level, which is about $136,000 a year (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015, p. 114). But, to make it even worse, the Mexican Americans and non-Hispanics black populations don’t even follow those statistics; they have a high obesity level in all socioeconomic levels (Riegelman & Kirkwood, 2015, p. 114).

I will never forget the day when my childhood nightmares of being kidnapped when i was five years old from my home became true. When I was five years old living in an apartment in Everett one day on a cold night while I was awake I went to go get a drink of water, suddenly as I was in the hallway I saw a large figure with a mask. I just froze,I did not know what to do or how to react, I was so scared I could not say a word and I couldnt do anything or run away, I just froze, I didnt know what was going on.

Immigrants are having a negative effect on the US economy. If the US is taking in 145,000 children immigrants every year that mean now the US must economically subsidize them. If it costs $1,950 each child immigrant that goes to school, that is a large amount of money being spent on kids that aren't even here legally. If the US is already in debt with countries like China and Japan, spending millions of dollars on child immigrants isn't helping. Not just the children immigrants are the big costs, but the huge amount of money being spent on deportation. I think the immigrants that are already in the US shouldn't be deported back to Mexico because it not only increases the amount of money being spent on immigration problems but it distracts

The American cultural fabric is ever changing; there is a reason the US is called a melting pot. According to the US Census Bureau, by 2023 more than one in seven US residents will by foreign-born - a statistic that does not account for children of immigrants born in the US. It should be noted that new Americans arrive every day. Given current trends, it is estimated that by 2060, one in five American residents will be foreign born. Such growth rates cannot be ignored.

There is a growing epidemic in our country, its called obesity. In fact, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), childhood obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years, and in 2012 more than one third of children were overweight and obese. There are countless reasons as to why this epidemic has gained so much weight over the recent decades, often people say; it is an inherited tendency to put on pounds, lack of good nutrition and diets, or simply because we are too busy or too lazy to exercise. The truth is, physical activities and dietary behaviors of young Americans are influenced by many sectors of society. Including; the families and cultures we

America is the wealthiest country in the world, yet the health of Americans is extremely low. “According to the Mayo Clinic, the top health problems in America vary slightly between men and women, however, heart disease kills the largest number of Americans per year regardless of gender” (Kulas, 2013). Being overweight is another major health concern in our nation today. Obesity has been directly linked to numerous other significant health problems including: Heart Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Stroke. There are many things our government can do to improve the health of our nation; there are also some simple solutions everyone should do to better their family’s health. The most effective ways to end this health crises in America are government regulations or laws, community education programs, everyone being more physically active and getting an appropriate amount of sleep.

The study’s intervention was an ASP that was implemented twice per week and lasted for 12 weeks. The bilingual ASP included about a half an hour of health education and an hour of physical activity. The valid curriculum was also adapted culturally for Mexican-American children. The health outcomes included BMI, BMI percentile, aerobic capacity, dietary preferences, and health knowledge. Aerobic capacity was measured via the Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run (PACER) test, and dietary preferences and health knowledge were measured by a self-completed survey and previously validated questionnaire called the After School Student Questionnaire (ASSQ). The effect size for the sample size obtained for this study was calculated to be 0.30 by Cohen’s d, which the authors reasoned to be acceptable due to precedence where a childhood obesity meta-analysis accepted such an effect size. Analyses of a three-level design were performed, and it included use of regression models and maximum likelihood estimations. The p-value was provided with both p<0.05 was given for statistical significance. The results found the sample was generally similar, except that the comparison group had more Hispanic children than the intervention group. PA knowledge, attitude, and behavior data were not statistically significant, but the trend was positive. Dietary knowledge increased significantly (p=.009) and nutrient-lacking food intake decreased (p=.035). BMI in the intervention group also