Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Hi Tina (and interested others), Am here in Los Mochis, Sinaloa on a vacation with my Mexican friends and thought I´d give a bit of a response to your query. Los Mochis is an agricultural town sort of like Fresno. Lots of folks go from here to the US as farmworkers or as other types of laborers. There is not the big emptying out like other towns in Mexico but still there is plent of " intercambio " . To my dismay Mcs has arrived to Los Mochis. Although most of my Mexican brothers (adults,the youngest of whom is 32) would not be caught dead eating a Big Mac, all of their kids are really into it. I guess kid oriented marketing is an international " sucess " . Of interest (I hope) is that EVERYBODY here who talks about Mcs and similar types of American food purveyers notes that the food is fattening and not healthy food. So, in terms of public health analysis of the awareness of individuals and groups, there is, at least among this group of Mexicans in Mexico, an awareness that that kind of food is not good for you. It may also be of interest that the vast majority of the people in Los Mochis do not show the kind of obesity that you see in the U.S. The majority of " Sinaloenses " are slender or at least relatively slim. OK, it is getting to be time for la comida. ¿Nos veos en Sacramento en Febrero, no? (Troidl) Ruiz is the family name of the folks I visit with here in Mexico. --- Tina Castanares <tina.castanares@...> wrote: > A year or so ago I asked the listserv for leads > about eating habits of farmworkers and their > families, esp. re fast food and restaurant eating, > and also about any studies/findings regarding > farmworkers and obesity. Thanks to those of you who > sent leads at the time. I'd like to inquire again > in case there have been any new surveys in the past > year or two, or someone has any information or leads > to share which they didn't before. Thanks in > advance for sending anything possible my way within > the week. Happy new year, everyone! Tina > > Tina Castañares, MD > Castañares Consulting > 637 Highway 141, White Salmon, WA 98672 > 509 493-1600 voice and fax > tina.castanares@... > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2002 Report Share Posted January 8, 2002 Hello Tina - Joanne Ikeda, a Nutritionist with the University of California, published a report in 1990 summarizing her findings of a prospective survey of immigrant farm workers' dietary behaviors after migration from Mexico to Tulare County, California. She found a deterioration of diet over the multi-year period subsequent to migration. The reference is as follows: Joanne Ikeda, " Food Habits of Farmworker Families. Tulare County, California. 1989, " University of California Extension Service, 1990. Second, in my report on the California Agricultural Worker Health Survey, conducted by the California Institute for Rural Studies during 1999, " Suffering In Silence, " we found a significantly higher prevalence of obesity among hired farm workers in California in all age cohorts as compared with the U.S. population or compared with U.S. Mexican-Americans in general. Also, my most recent report on the CAWHS finds, in all age cohorts, that recent migrant workers from Mexico had a lower prevalence of obesity as compared with those who had been living and working in the U.S. for a longer period of time. Information about both reports can be found on my new personal web site, including information about downloading Exec Summaries or, in the case of the first report, the entire document from the web. The new web site URL is: www.DonVillarejo.com Warm regards, Don Villarejo PO Box 381 , CA 95617 (530)756-6545 voice & facsimile donfarm@... At 08:35 PM 1/6/02 -0800, you wrote: A year or so ago I asked the listserv for leads about eating habits of farmworkers and their families, esp. re fast food and restaurant eating, and also about any studies/findings regarding farmworkers and obesity. Thanks to those of you who sent leads at the time. I'd like to inquire again in case there have been any new surveys in the past year or two, or someone has any information or leads to share which they didn't before. Thanks in advance for sending anything possible my way within the week. Happy new year, everyone! Tina Tina Castañares, MD Castañares Consulting 637 Highway 141, White Salmon, WA 98672 509 493-1600 voice and fax tina.castanares@... Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To Post a message, send it to: Groups To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2002 Report Share Posted January 21, 2002 Barbara Cote' @ (616)393-5775 We surveyed migrant farmworkers in Ottawa County, Michigan for their fruit & vegetable and fast food intake (209 surveys). We are still entering the data, but I would appreciate sharing resources with you once we have analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2002 Report Share Posted January 22, 2002 Thanks for sharing! I am very interested to hear about your responses, and the kinds of questions you asked. Thanks, Esther Rural Health Outreach Program, Arrington, VA >From: bcote@... >Reply- > >Subject: Re: [ ] checking again >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 18:16:18 -0500 > > >Barbara Cote' @ (616)393-5775 > >We surveyed migrant farmworkers in Ottawa County, Michigan for their fruit > & vegetable and fast food intake (209 surveys). We are still entering the >data, but I would appreciate sharing resources with you once we have >analysis. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2002 Report Share Posted January 30, 2002 Dear Barbara: My name is Joni Berardino and I do consulting work, specifically relating to research, for NCFH. I am interested in your survey. When do you expect to have something to share? Thanks, Joni Berardino -----Original Message----- From: bcote@... <bcote@...> < > Date: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [ ] checking again > >Barbara Cote' @ (616)393-5775 > >We surveyed migrant farmworkers in Ottawa County, Michigan for their fruit > & vegetable and fast food intake (209 surveys). We are still entering the >data, but I would appreciate sharing resources with you once we have >analysis. > > > > > > >To Post a message, send it to: Groups > >To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: -unsubscribe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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