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Immigrant health issues: Is Canada's lifestyle making you sick?
- February 17, 2010 3:19 PM |
- By POV
Beautiful beaches in Somalia, such as
this one in Kismayo, help people lead an active lifestyle that they
don't maintain when they immigrate to Canada. (Nasteex
Faarax/Associated Press)
Some healthy people who immigrate to Canada find their health deteriorating after their arrival -- an issue immigrant communities are struggling to understand and address.
"The immigrants when they come here, the first five years they are healthy," said Abdirizak Karod, director of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa.
"After that, they join the club -- the Canadian club: they [are] facing...diabetes, autism, blood pressure, depression and all those things."
Many of those problems are virtually unheard of in Somalia, he said.
Read more:
Immigrant health issues: Are you an immigrant struggling with your health since your arrival in Canada? Tell us your story.
Some healthy people who immigrate to Canada find their health deteriorating after their arrival -- an issue immigrant communities are struggling to understand and address.
"The immigrants when they come here, the first five years they are healthy," said Abdirizak Karod, director of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa.
"After that, they join the club -- the Canadian club: they [are] facing...diabetes, autism, blood pressure, depression and all those things."
Many of those problems are virtually unheard of in Somalia, he said.
Read more:
Immigrant health issues: Are you an immigrant struggling with your health since your arrival in Canada? Tell us your story.
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