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Today, eating processed foods and fast foods may kill more people prematurely than cigarette smoking. 2 Authorities determined the 71% figure by classifying people with a body mass index (BMI) over 25 kg/m 2 as overweight or obese.
Many scholars focus on fast food as a key contributor to the rising prevalence of obesity because of fast food’s poor nutritional quality (9–11): fast foods are higher in solid fat (23.9% of total energy) than in foods consumed from retail food stores (17.6%) or schools (20.9%) (12), and few items on fast food children’s menus align with nationa...
Key findings. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. During 2013–2016, 36.6% of adults consumed fast food on a given day. The percentage of adults who consumed fast food decreased with age: 44.9% aged 20–39, 37.7% aged 40–59, and 24.1% aged 60 and over.
16 sie 2021 · This brief provides the most recent estimates of fast-food consumption patterns among adults, overall and by race/ethnicity. During 2017–2018, fast food was consumed by 36.5% of adults on a typical day, accounting for 13.8% of daily calories and an average of 309 kcal/day.
17 sty 2018 · We aimed to systematically examine Americans' perceptions of fast food (FF) and how these perceptions might affect fast food consumption (FFC) and obesity risk.
The obesity epidemic in the United States has been mirrored by an increase in calories consumed outside of the home and by expansions in the numbers of, and portion sizes at, both fast-food restaurants (FFRs) and full-service restaurants (FSRs), leading some to blame the epidemic on the restaurant industry.
14 lip 2023 · The obesity epidemic in the USA continues to escalate, posing a significant public health crisis. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the prevalence of adult obesity (BMI ≥30·0 kg/m2) increased from 30·5% in 2000 to 41·9% in 2020.
