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Metabolic Syndrome: Differences For Asian Americans Is In Their Percentage Of Body Fat, Patricia Alpert, Diane L. Thomason
Metabolic Syndrome: Differences For Asian Americans Is In Their Percentage Of Body Fat, Patricia Alpert, Diane L. Thomason
Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal
Asian Americans are not frequently thought of as being obese or overweight yet some of the Asian American subgroups have a disproportionate risk for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Although the standardized body mass index (BMI) assessment is an adequate tool for reporting secular prevalence trends for overweight/obesity across populations, it falls short in accuracy when assessing Asian Americans. In recent years more has been written about the re-evaluation of BMI cut points for normal weight, overweight, or obese Asian Americans. Additionally, the waist circumference norm was modified to indicate a smaller waist size is a risk for …
The Lived Experience Of Pacific Island Women With A “Big Body” Size, Nafanua Braginsky, Merle Kataoka-Yahiro, Jillian Inouye
The Lived Experience Of Pacific Island Women With A “Big Body” Size, Nafanua Braginsky, Merle Kataoka-Yahiro, Jillian Inouye
Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal
This phenomenological study explored the lived experience with "big body" size of Pacific Island women who migrated to Hawaii. Giorgi’s descriptive phenomenological approach was utilized in this study. A purposive sample included six Pacific Island women. Five of the six women had migrated to Hawaii from the island nations of Micronesia. The sixth participant was a Native Hawaiian who had lived in Micronesia and had returned to Hawaii. The collection and transcription of data were done by the first author. Data were categorized into themes independently by the three authors and bracketing was maintained throughout the study. The women identified …