ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025
Spicy food intake and overweight/obesity in rural Southwest China: findings from a cross-sectional study.
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- The triglyceride glucose-body mass index is positively associated with higher risk of hypertension in rural southwest Chinese population: a cross sectional study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Association of spicy food consumption with colorectal polyp and adenoma prevalence: findings from the Lanxi Pre-Colorectal Cancer Cohort (LP3C).Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Remnant cholesterol: an independent, dose-dependent risk factor for hyperuricemia in a normolipidemic chinese population.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Spicy food is an essential part of the culinary culture in rural southwest China, while little is known about the association between spicy food intake and overweight/obesity. This study was undertaken to explore the association between spicy food intake and overweight/obesity by a cross-sectional study. Method: We enrolled 2,995 individuals aged 30-79 years living in Rongchang, Chongqing municipality, southwest China from The China Multi-Ethnic Cohort Study, which was deemed to be the largest cohort study in southwest China. A multivariable-adjusted logistic regression model was applied to estimate the association between spicy food intake and overweight/obesity. Additionally, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed to verify the stability of the results. Results: A total of 81.67% of participants had the habit of consuming spicy food. The overall prevalence of overweight/obesity was 57.53%. Spicy food intake ( Conclusion: This study could provide additional evidence for overweight and the obesity epidemic among rural adults in southwest China. Reducing spicy food intake might benefit from weight management.
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