ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi2020
Association Between the Frequency of Eating Non-home-prepared Meals and Women Infertility in the United States.
Article in Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Current trends in take-out food consumption and its influencing factors among first-trimester pregnant women in Changsha.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Diet and female fertility: a population-based study re-evaluating the need for prescriptive dietary patterns.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Dietary and lifestyle-related factors behind delayed conception in females.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Assessing the influence of preconception diet on female fertility: a systematic scoping review of observational studies.Human reproduction update · 2023Article
- Environmental factors in declining human fertility.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2022Review
- Impact of Ready-Meal Consumption during Pregnancy on Birth Outcomes: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to determine whether eating non-home-prepared meals (NHPM), including fast food, ready-to-eat foods, and frozen foods, was associated with self-reported infertility in the United States women.
methodsData on diet and infertility from women aged 20-49 years who participated in the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys were analyzed (n=2143). Dietary information, including the number and types of NHPM consumed, was obtained from a self-reported questionnaire, and infertility status was analyzed using the following question, "Have you ever attempted to become pregnant over a period of at least a year without becoming pregnant?"
resultsThe frequency of NHPM consumption was positively associated with self-reported infertility after adjusting for confounding effects (odds ratio [OR], 2.82; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.48 to 5.38 of >1 vs. 0 NHPM/d). The odds of infertility were 2-3 times higher in women who consumed fast food than in those who did not consume fast food (OR, 2.73; 95% CI, 1.15 to 6.48 of >1 vs. 0 times/d).
conclusionsThe frequency and types of NHPM may be a factor contributing to infertility. Although our findings require confirmation, they suggest that eating out may be deleterious to women fecundity.
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