GAD1 and Anxiety: Each month since migration to Almaty was associated with increased PDQS-unhealthy sub-metric scores (β = 0·05; 95 % CI: 0·00, 0·09; P = 0·032) indicating lower consumption of unhealthy foods, PSQI scores (β = 0·02; 95 % CI: 0·00, 0·05; P = 0·042) indicating declining sleep quality and marginally significantly increased GAD-7 scores (β = 0·04; 95 % CI: –0·00, 0·09; P = 0·063) indicating worsening anxiety.