Crossroads to Health With Refugee Adolescents in Atlanta

 

The purpose of the study was to “advance knowledge about the ways in which youths may face risks of obesity and diabetes after resettling in the U.S.”

 

The study used refugee students in Georgia in order to conduct surveys and photovoice to understand the risks of obesity and diabetes migrant adolescents are faced with in the United States. The study highlighted the effects of the exposure to a new culture, as the subjects discovered new foods and activities they would adopt after migrating. The study also gives insight into the adolescents’ perspective on the eagerness to adapt to American culture through adopting new activities which involved technologies and new foods discovered.