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

Auteur(s) :
Hurvitz PM., Drewnowski A., Moudon AV., Jiao J., Kim SY.
Date :
Juil, 2015
Source(s) :
Nutrition & Diabetes. #5 pe171
Adresse :
Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning, School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

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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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