Finding Balance: Insights from Mexican Heritage Families on Living a Healthy Lifestyle in New York City
Jennifer Leng, Linda Ivette Gonzalez-Sarinana, Stephanie Minaya, Bharat Narang, Jaime Gilliland, Francesca Gany · 2026
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Jennifer Leng and colleagues report a 2026 study of Mexican heritage families in New York City and what a healthy life looks like inside their homes. Obesity hits Hispanic adults and children hard, and family programs built for these communities are scarce. To design such a program, the team held six Spanish-language focus groups with 31 parents and caregivers who themselves had overweight or obesity, recruited through a community health service.
Four themes emerged. Children were picking up American habits faster than their parents, sparking clashes over food. Parents saw themselves as role models, balancing firm guidance with flexibility. Work, money, and time made healthy food and activity hard to keep up. The families' own words now shape a culturally fitted program, instead of one translated as an afterthought.
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| CREATOR | Jennifer Leng, Linda Ivette Gonzalez-Sarinana, Stephanie Minaya, Bharat Narang, Jaime Gilliland, Francesca Gany |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47925 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |