Health Implications of Adults' Eating at and Living near Fast Food or Quick Service Restaurants

BACKGROUND: This paper examined whether the reported health impacts of frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant on health were related to having such a restaurant near home. METHODS: Logistic regressions estimated associations between frequent fast food or quick service restaurant...

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Autores principales: Jiao, J, Moudon, A V, Kim, S Y, Hurvitz, P M, Drewnowski, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4521173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26192449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2015.18
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: This paper examined whether the reported health impacts of frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant on health were related to having such a restaurant near home. METHODS: Logistic regressions estimated associations between frequent fast food or quick service restaurant use and health status, being overweight or obese, having a cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as binary health outcomes. In all, 2001 participants in the 2008–2009 Seattle Obesity Study survey were included in the analyses. RESULTS: Results showed eating ⩾2 times a week at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status, overweight and obese. However, living close to such restaurants was not related to negative health outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status and higher body mass index, but living close to such facilities was not.

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