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Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Over the past decades, the consumption of fast foods has increased worldwide and became favored by people of most age groups. The objective of this research was to assess the impact of fast foods on liver enzyme levels and body weight. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Ya...

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Autores principales: Khatatbeh, Moawiah, Momani, Waleed, Altaani, Zaid, Al Saad, Reem, Al Bourah, Abdul Rahman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34760120
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_194_19
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author Khatatbeh, Moawiah
Momani, Waleed
Altaani, Zaid
Al Saad, Reem
Al Bourah, Abdul Rahman
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Momani, Waleed
Altaani, Zaid
Al Saad, Reem
Al Bourah, Abdul Rahman
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description BACKGROUND: Over the past decades, the consumption of fast foods has increased worldwide and became favored by people of most age groups. The objective of this research was to assess the impact of fast foods on liver enzyme levels and body weight. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Yarmouk University/Jordan using survey questionnaire and enquired university students about their dietary habits, in addition to laboratory investigations of liver enzymes. RESULTS: In the cross-tabulation analysis, only age and body mass index (BMI) were significantly associated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzyme level. However, all differences between aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level and other variables were statistically insignificant. The AST/ALT ratio was calculated and revealed significant statistical association with BMI of participants (P = 0.001). Change in body weight during one year was significantly associated with eating fast food (P = 0.031), drinking beverages with fast food meals (P = 0.001), and ALT level (P = 0.026). However, this association was statistically insignificant with AST level. CONCLUSIONS: Fast food consumption among university students in Jordan was not significantly associated with increasing levels of ALT and AST liver enzymes. However, eating fast food and drinking soft drinks were associated with increasing body weight, which is expected to have adverse effect on liver functions in the long term.
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spelling pubmed-85517802021-11-09 Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study Khatatbeh, Moawiah Momani, Waleed Altaani, Zaid Al Saad, Reem Al Bourah, Abdul Rahman Int J Prev Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Over the past decades, the consumption of fast foods has increased worldwide and became favored by people of most age groups. The objective of this research was to assess the impact of fast foods on liver enzyme levels and body weight. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Yarmouk University/Jordan using survey questionnaire and enquired university students about their dietary habits, in addition to laboratory investigations of liver enzymes. RESULTS: In the cross-tabulation analysis, only age and body mass index (BMI) were significantly associated with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) enzyme level. However, all differences between aspartate aminotransferase (AST) level and other variables were statistically insignificant. The AST/ALT ratio was calculated and revealed significant statistical association with BMI of participants (P = 0.001). Change in body weight during one year was significantly associated with eating fast food (P = 0.031), drinking beverages with fast food meals (P = 0.001), and ALT level (P = 0.026). However, this association was statistically insignificant with AST level. CONCLUSIONS: Fast food consumption among university students in Jordan was not significantly associated with increasing levels of ALT and AST liver enzymes. However, eating fast food and drinking soft drinks were associated with increasing body weight, which is expected to have adverse effect on liver functions in the long term. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8551780/ /pubmed/34760120 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_194_19 Text en Copyright: © 2021 International Journal of Preventive Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Khatatbeh, Moawiah
Momani, Waleed
Altaani, Zaid
Al Saad, Reem
Al Bourah, Abdul Rahman
Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Fast Food Consumption, Liver Functions, and Change in Body Weight Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort fast food consumption, liver functions, and change in body weight among university students: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8551780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34760120
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_194_19
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