Shen is 80 and came from China to Canada three years ago. He has noticed that the Canadians he meets at the senior's centre seem to have more health problems than he does, even though he is older than most of them. How might Shen's relatively good health be explained?

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Shen's relatively good health may be explained by the healthy immigrant effect, which suggests that immigrants tend to be healthier when they first arrive in a new country compared to the local population, due to various factors such as self-selection, pre-migration health status, and cultural practices related to health.

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