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Amount of fast food consumption and its Aassociation with diet quality and anthropometric measurements: Tehran lipid and glucose study
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Mahdieh Golzarand   , Zahra Bahadoran , Parvin Mirmiran * , Firoozeh Hosseini-Esfehani , Farhad Hosseinpanah , Fereidoun Azizi |
| . Associate Professor, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , mirmiran@endocrine.ac.ir |
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| Background: According to the importance of amount of fast food consumption and diet quality and well-known complications of obesity, this study was conducted to determine amount of fast food consumption and its association with diet quality and anthropometric indices within the framework of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1944 adults aged 19-50 years, using the data obtained from the phase III of Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study. Dietary intake was assessed using a 168-item validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Total energy intake, nutrients and food groups were determined across tertiles of fast food consumption in both young and middle-aged groups. OR for overweight and obesity was determined across tertiles of fast food consumption. Results: Amount of fast food consumption was 161±200 and 108±160 geram per week in young adults than middle-age adults, respectively. In both groups, consumption of fast food increased with a concurrent significant increase in weight, waist circumference, energy, macronutrients, sodium, meats and soft drinks intake (P<0.05) and decrease in whole grain (P<0.01). OR for obesity in the second and third tertiles of fast food consumption 1.7 and 2.1 were higher than those in the first in young adults and 1.2 and 1.3 in middle-age adults, respectively. In middle-age adults, compared to second and first tertiles of fast food consumption OR for overweight was 50% higher than those in the third tertiles significantly. Conclusion: it seems high consumption of fast food leads to high calorie density, high fat, saturated fatty acid, cholesterol and low micronutrients intakes and increases risk of overweight and obesity. |
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| Keywords: Fast food, Obesity, Tehran lipid and glucose study |
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Type of Study: Original |
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Medicine
Received: 2017 | Accepted: 2017 | Published: 2017
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