Trial reportPloS one2016
Time Trends in Fast Food Consumption and Its Association with Obesity among Children in China.
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- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Fast-food restaurant, unhealthy eating, and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021Pooled it
- Americans' Perceptions about Fast Food and How They Associate with Its Consumption and Obesity Risk.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018Pooled it
- A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of family-based treatment for preventing overweight or obesity among children and adolescents in China.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The burden of inflammatory bowel disease in five East Asian countries an analysis based on the global burden of disease study 1990-2021.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Global Sociodemographic Disparities in Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality According to Sex, 1980 to 2021.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2025Article
- Childhood Obesity: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with regular fast-food consumption among the adult population in Qatar: cross-sectional analysis from Qatar Biobank cohort.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Gender differences in adolescent food preferences and their association with parent food preferences: data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS).European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Sodium content targets for pre-packaged foods, China: a quantitative study and proposal.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Article
- Setting sodium targets for pre-packaged foods in China - an exploratory study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Higher dietary acid load is associated with hyperuricemia in Chinese adults: a case-control study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Article
- Association of eating out frequency and other factors with serum uric acid levels and hyperuricemia in Chinese population.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Eating-out behaviors, associated factors and associations with obesity in Chinese school children: findings from the childhood obesity study in China mega-cities.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Is fast-food consumption a problem among adolescents in Malaysia? An analysis of the National School-Based Nutrition Survey, 2012.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2021Article
- Determinants of Junk Food Consumption Among Adolescents in Pokhara Valley, Nepal.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Fast food consumption among young adolescents aged 12-15 years in 54 low- and middle-income countries.Global health action · 2020Article
- Differences in the sugar content of fast-food products across three countries.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among ethnic groups in China.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveStudy the trends in Western fast food consumption (FFC) among Chinese school-age children and the association between FFC and obesity using nationwide survey data.
designCross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were conducted to study the trends in FFC and the associations between FFC and weight status (overweight, obesity and body mass index (BMI) z-score).
settingLongitudinal data from families were collected in the 2004 and 2009 China Health and Nutrition Survey (covering nine provinces throughout China). SUBJECTS: The analysis included 2656 Chinese children aged 6 to 18 years (1542 and 1114 children in the 2004 and 2009 survey, respectively).
resultsFFC (reported having consumed Western fast food in the past three months) has increased between 2004 and 2009, from 18.5% to 23.9% in those aged 6-18, and increased more rapidly among those aged 13-17, from 17.9% to 26.3%. The increase was significant in almost all groups by age, sex, family income, and residence. Our cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses did not detect a significant association between FFC and obesity/overweight or BMI z-score (e.g., for BMI z-score, boys: β = 0.02, 95% CI: -0.71, 0.75; girls: β = -0.14, 95% CI: -1.03, 0.75).
conclusionsFFC has increased in Chinese school-age children, especially in older children, boys, and those from low- and medium-income families, rural areas, and East China, but decreased among those from high-income families during 2004-2009. The data did not show a significant association between FFC and obesity.
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