Abstract
Background:This paper examined whether the reported health impacts of frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant on health were related to having such a restaurant near home.Methods:Logistic regressions estimated associations between frequent fast food or quick service restaurant use and health status, being overweight or obese, having a cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as binary health outcomes. In all, 2001 participants in the 2008–2009 Seattle Obesity Study survey were included in the analyses.Results:Results showed eating ⩾2 times a week at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status, overweight and obese. However, living close to such restaurants was not related to negative health outcomes.Conclusions:Frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status and higher body mass index, but living close to such facilities was not.
Highlights
The rise of obesity has been explained by dietary changes and parallel increases in the supply and consumption of high-energy but low-nutrient foods
One study found lower body mass index (BMI) and lower prevalence of obesity to be associated with living in an area with higher densities of stores offering a choice of healthy foods, but not with higher densities of restaurants.[20]
While no association was found with cardiovascular mortality,[22] the risk of having a stroke was shown to increase with the density of fast food restaurants in the home neighborhood.[23]
Summary
This paper examined whether the reported health impacts of frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant on health were related to having such a restaurant near home. METHODS: Logistic regressions estimated associations between frequent fast food or quick service restaurant use and health status, being overweight or obese, having a cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as binary health outcomes. RESULTS: Results showed eating ⩾ 2 times a week at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status, overweight and obese. Living close to such restaurants was not related to negative health outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Frequent eating at a fast food or quick service restaurant was associated with perceived poor health status and higher body mass index, but living close to such facilities was not. Nutrition & Diabetes (2015) 5, e171; doi:10.1038/nutd.2015.18; published online 20 July 2015
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