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Do fast food consumption and physical activities associate with blood pressure of senior high school students in South Tangerang, Indonesia?
Published in Ade Gafar Abdullah, Isma Widiaty, Cep Ubad Abdullah, Medical Technology and Environmental Health, 2020
Fast food consumption was collected using the Food Frequency Questionnaire and divided into often (consumption of fast food ≥ 3 times per week) and rare (consumption of fast food < 3 times per week). Fast food includes fried chicken, chicken nuggets, hamburgers, sandwiches, hot dogs, spaghetti, and French fries.
Causal Networks
Published in Donald Gillies, Causality, Probability, and Medicine, 2019
Of course, I have given just a few examples of ongoing research into nutrition, but the general results are clear enough. A healthy diet is one which contains a little, but not very much, meat and dairy products and so is low in saturated fat. It contains a great deal of fruit and vegetables, and some nuts. It contains fish, particularly oily fish. Consumption of eggs should be limited. The healthiest form of oil is olive oil, and so on. These results are very well confirmed empirically. The Russo-Williamson thesis is satisfied, and the results are supported both by evidence of mechanism, and by statistical evidence (both epidemiological surveys and controlled trials). The principle of strength through combining applies to the evidence. All this is well illustrated by the examples of research which have been given. I will next argue that given these strongly confirmed findings, fast food definitely constitutes an unhealthy diet which is a causal factor for heart disease.
Children, choices and The Balance of Good Health
Published in Rachel Pryke, Joe Harvey, Annabel Karmel, Weight Matters for Children, 2018
Rachel Pryke, Joe Harvey, Annabel Karmel
It all comes down to personal choice. The food industry will say that they are providing what people want – and they’re busy enough to prove it! But on street corners there are no real alternatives to burgers – apart from pizzas, fish and chips, or deep-fried chicken. Is this array of fried and processed foods giving real choice? What about healthy fast food choices?
Examination of college student health behaviors and self-reported executive functions
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Andrew B. McGrath, Jeremiah Weinstock, Renee Cloutier, Maxwell Christensen, Daniel J. Taylor, Craig E. Henderson
Another limitation to the study is related to the assessment of HB. Each of the HB assessed are multifaceted but out of necessity were reduced to single dichotomous variables. For example, the quality of one’s diet consists of more than just the frequency at which they consume fast food. It is possible that an individual that frequents fast food establishments may make healthier dietary choices than one that does not. A similar issue arises regarding physical activity—for example, yoga would not fall under the category of moderate to vigorous aerobic activity, yet it is a form a physical activity with many benefits. Other aspects relevant to health, such as dental hygiene and mental health, were omitted. Specific to how risky sexual behavior was assessed, this question applies only to individuals engaged in vaginal sexual activity. Females likely answered this question accurately but there is a possibility that male participants may not know if emergency contraception was used.
Should fast-food nutritional labelling in South Africa be mandatory?
Published in South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022
Siphiwe N Dlamini, Gudani Mukoma, Shane A Norris
The high prevalence of nutrition-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers, remains a major health burden and leading cause of mortality.1 The increased prevalence of these diseases in South Africa is largely due to rapid urbanisation, which associates with nutrition transition to ultra-processed and high-energy dense foods and concomitant elevated obesity rates.2 The association between urbanisation and the observed nutrition transition could be due to the growing expansion of, and increased access to, large modern food retailers and fast-food restaurants, which are mostly located within urban areas.3 Fast foods can be defined as convenient foods that are quickly prepared and served from outlets that include restaurants, cafés and takeaways. Examples of these foods include burgers, fried (potato) chips, chicken, fish and pizzas, which are convenient to obtain at relatively low prices but are generally high in energy, fat, sodium and sugar.4
Patterns of Eating Associated with Sleep Characteristics: A Pilot Study among Individuals of Mexican Descent at the US-Mexico Border
Published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2022
Sadia B. Ghani, Marcos E. Delgadillo, Karla Granados, Ashley C. Okuagu, Chloe C. A. Wills, Pamela Alfonso-Miller, Orfeu M. Buxton, Sanjay R. Patel, John Ruiz, Sairam Parthasarathy, Patricia L. Haynes, Patricia Molina, Azizi Seixas, Girardin Jean-Louis, Michael A. Grandner
Psychosocial and acculturative stress has been previously reported to affect sleep outcomes, specifically daytime sleepiness and insomnia, among the Hispanic/Latino population (Alcantara et al., 2017). Our study was not powered to analyze the role stress may play on eating behaviors and sleep outcomes. Furthermore, those living at the border may differ from those living in more urban areas. In addition, Mexican-Americans living at the US-Mexico border may experience societal stressors (i.e,both parents or single parent working full-times jobs, managing everyday tasks as a single parent) that may contribute to unhealthy eating habits and poor nutritional decisions that lead to poor sleep. The convenience of not cooking healthy meals at home may lead to ordering fast foods, picking up quick meals via drive-through or convenient prepackaged meal kits that are high in calories and low in nutritional value. Adapting to the fast-paced western culture may also lead to poor sleep as acculturation previously reported in this population may impact sleep (Ghani et al., 2020). For future studies, behavioral aspects and time use patterns should be examined as well as psychosocial and acculturative stress, to explain the differences between weekday and weekend eating behaviors. Furthermore, the present study focused on relationships between eating and broad sleep characteristics, including sleep duration, nighttime sleep quality, and daytime sleepiness. Future studies could examine more subtle characteristics, such as perceived control, stress reactivity, hypervigilance, etc.