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. 2015 Jul 20;5(7):e171.
doi: 10.1038/nutd.2015.18.

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

J Jiao  1 , A V Moudon  2 , S Y Kim  3 , P M Hurvitz  2 , A Drewnowski  4
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Health Implications of Adults' Eating at and Living near Fast Food or Quick Service Restaurants

J Jiao et al. Nutr Diabetes. .

Abstract

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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