>Report: Immigrants living in N.J. healthier than their native counterparts
Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger
TRENTON — Chicken, beans and rice is a simple, traditional dish Catherine Rousseau Saintilien was cooking up Monday night for her family. But as the 50-year-old Elizabeth mother of three began whipping up the meal from a recipe she learned in Haiti as a girl, her American-born children complained — they wanted something quick, and something fried.
“They wanted to eat McDonald’s,” Saintilien said.
Such a simple dinner conflict might explain some far-reaching new health statistics. Foreign-born residents living in New Jersey are generally healthier than their native-born counterparts, and they also have healthier lifestyle habits, according to a report released today by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
https://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/03/report_immigrants_living_in_nj.html
