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Alison M. Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, of Penn Nursing is available to speak about the relationship of obesity to socioeconomic status, ethnicity, nativity, and migration history in Mexican and Mexican-American children, adolescents, and adults. Her expertise includes the nutrition transition in the U.S. and Mexico, the use of data collected on both sides of the border, and methodological challenges in using self-reported height and weight to measure obesity in this population.

Dr. Buttenheim's recent study in Social Science & Medicine finds that the protective effect against obesity risk previously observed for Mexican-origin adult immigrants in the U.S. does not hold for Mexican-American children and young adults.

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is one of the premier research institutions in nursing, producing new knowledge in geriatrics, pediatrics, oncology, quality-of-life choices, and other areas. Researchers here consistently receive more research funding from the National Institutes of Health than any other private nursing school, and many Master’s programs are ranked first in the country.

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