Adherence

Environmental and socioeconomic barriers—including food cost, neighborhood safety, lack of social support, and cold weather—significantly restrict access to healthy foods and opportunities for physical activity in low-income immigrant Latina families, thereby promoting obesity risk.

For low-income immigrant families, focusing solely on 'eating right' and 'exercising more' is insufficient. Interventions must address structural barriers: subsidizing healthy food (like WIC), ensuring neighborhood safety for outdoor play, and providing social support networks to reduce isolation and childcare burdens.