Epidemic obesity in the United States: are fast foods and television viewing contributing?
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 1998-02
- DOI
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- 10.2105/ajph.88.2.277
- 公開者
- American Public Health Association
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<jats:p> OBJECTIVES: This study examined the association between TV viewing, fast food eating, and body mass index. METHODS: Associations between hours of TV viewing, frequency of eating at fast food restaurants, body mass index, and behaviors were assessed cross sectionally and longitudinally over 1 year in 1059 men and women. RESULTS: Fast food meals and TV viewing hours were positively associated with energy intake and body mass index in women but not in men. TV viewing predicted weight gain in high-income women. CONCLUSIONS: Secular increases in fast food availability and access to televised entertainment may contribute to increasing obesity rates in the United States. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- American Journal of Public Health
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American Journal of Public Health 88 (2), 277-280, 1998-02
American Public Health Association