You may recall that a Statistics Canada report released yesterday pointed
out that a primary factor in immigrants' deteriorating health seemed to be
low income and their working jobs requiring less education. ..

So today in the Toronto Star we see a Canadian Press story as below...

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Feb. 25, 2005. 01:00 AM
Canada hard on immigrant health

OTTAWA—Recent immigrants from Asia and other non-European countries are
twice as likely as Canadian-born citizens to report a deterioration in
their health over time, a study by Statistics Canada shows.

Ironically, when immigrants arrive in Canada they are generally in better
health than their Canadian-born counterparts, an earlier study found.

But as time passes, this so-called "healthy immigrant effect" tends to
diminish, said the latest study, which followed initially healthy
individuals between 1994-95 and 2002-03. It found that immigrants were more
likely than the Canadian-born population to report a shift towards fair or
poor health.

Furthermore, recent immigrants from non-European countries who arrived in
Canada between 1984 and 1994 were twice as likely as native-born Canadians
to report deterioration in their health during the eight-year period, said
the report released this week.

Several factors may be behind their deteriorating health, including the
switch to a less healthy western-style diet and adopting a more sedentary
lifestyle, the study suggests.

canadian press