Fast-food consumers in Singapore: demographic profile, diet quality and weight status

Whitton, Clare; Ma, Yi; Bastian, Amber; Chan, Mei Fen; Chew, Ling

doi:10.1017/s1368980013001997

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“…Despite fast food chains being easily accessible in Singapore, an examination of the frequency of fast food consumption shows a counter-intuitive pattern. In a population-based survey, 37% were nonconsumers, 43% were occasional consumers (less than once a week but more than once a month) and 20% consumed fast foods at least once a week [4]. A similar low frequency of western-styled fast food consumption was also reported in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines [5].…”

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Are Asian foods as “fattening” as western-styled fast foods?

2019

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In Asia, the consumption of western-styled fast foods is widely perceived as the cause of the rise in obesity and chronic disease. Twenty-five of the most popular local Asian foods were compared for energy, total fat, saturated fat, sodium, and cholesterol with twenty-nine western-styled fast foods. The comparative analysis showed no significant difference in energy (p = 0.150) and total fat (p = 0.346) between the two food categories. These findings suggest that many local Asian foods contribute as much energy and total fat in a single meal as western-styled fast foods. Local Asian foods had greater amounts of sodium (p < 0.001), saturated fat (p = 0.007), and cholesterol (p = 0.009) than western-styled fast foods. The persistent presumption that the consumption of western-styled fast foods is the cause of obesity in Asia needs to be challenged. This observation that local Asian foods are as energy dense as western-styled fast foods, will enable us to redress the necessary strategies to address the Asian diet-health debate.

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Are Asian foods as “fattening” as western-styled fast foods?

2019

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“… Duffey et al, 2007 ( 14 ) Two-year follow-up of adults participants in Mediterranean cohort study, n= 7194 More consumption of hamburger, pizza, and sausages increased risk of weight gain (≥3 kg during a 5 past year) (OR=1.2, 95% CI=1-1.4) Bes-Rastrollo et al, 2006 ( 15 ) Cross-sectional study of school children, n=1033 Higher consumption of fast food was associated with higher BMI Z score (β=0.08, 95% CI=0.03-0.14), higher body fat (β=2.06, 95% CI=1.33-2.79) and an increased risk of obesity (OR=1.23, 95% CI=1.02-1.49). Jeffery et al, 2006 ( 17 ) Cross-sectional study of Singaporean adults, n=1627 The risk of abdominal obesity was 1.24 (95% CI=1.03- 1.51) and 1.52 (95 % CI= 1.32- 1.77) in regular consumers and occasional consumers of fast foods. Whitton et al, 2013 ( 19 ) A cross-sectional study of adults participated in Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Increased risk (OR=1.81, 95% CI=1.35-2.44) of obesity was observed in adults with consuming ≥3 times/week compared to <1 time/week fast foods.…”

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Fast Food Pattern and Cardiometabolic Disorders: A Review of Current Studies

Bahadoran¹,

Mirmiran²,

Azizi³

2015

Health Promot Perspect

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Background: There are growing concern globally regarding the alarming trend of fast food consumption and its related cardiometabolic outcomes including overweight and obesity. This study aimed to review the current evidences available in relation to adverse effects of fast food pattern on cardiometabolic risk factors. Methods: Relevant articles including epidemiological and clinical studies with appropriate design and good quality were obtained through searches of the Medline, PubMed, Scopus databases and Google scholar with related key words including "fast foods", "processed foods", "obesity", "overweight", "insulin resistance", "diabetes", "cardiovascular disease", "metabolic syndrome", "dyslipidemia" and "hypertension". Results: Fast food consumption and out-of-home eating behavior is a main risk factor for lower diet quality, higher calorie and fat intake and lower micronutrients density of diet. Frequent consumption of fast foods was accompanied with overweight and abdominal fat gain, impaired insulin and glucose homeostasis, lipid and lipoprotein disorders, induction of systemic inflammation and oxidative stress. Higher fast food consumption also increases the risk of developmental diabetes, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. Conclusion: This review provides further evidence warning us against the irreparable effects of fast food consumption on public health especially the increasing global burden of obesity and cardiovascular diseases.

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“…Findings on diet quality and weight status from other research have been mixed. Several cross-sectional studies have found a relationship between higher BMI and lower diet quality scores [48,49,50] and lower risk of abdominal obesity with lower diet quality [51]. Conversely, other research has found that adults with a higher BMI had better diet quality [35], and it was postulated that this might be due to misreporting, as overweight and obese participants are more likely to misreport foods than others [35].…”

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Socio-Demographic Determinants of Diet Quality in Australian Adults Using the Validated Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults (HEIFA-2013)

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Diet quality indices have been shown to predict cardiovascular disease, cancer, Type 2 Diabetes, obesity and all-cause mortality. This study aimed to determine the socio-demographics of Australian adults with poor diet quality. Diet quality was assessed for participants of the 2011–2012 National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey aged 18 years or above (n = 9435), with the validated 11-component Healthy Eating Index for Australians (HEIFA-2013), based on the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines. Differences in scores by demographics (ANOVA) and regression models for associations between the HEIFA-2013 score and demographic characteristics were conducted. The mean (SD) HEIFA-2013 score was 45.5 (14.7) out of 100 due to poor intakes of vegetables, fruit, grains, dairy and fat and high intakes of added sugar, sodium and discretionary foods. Lower mean HEIFA-2013 scores (SD) were found for males 43.3 (14.7), young-adults 41.6 (14.2) obese 44.1 (14.3), smokers 40.0 (14.2), low socio-economic status 43.7 (14.9) and Australian country-of-birth 44.2 (14.6) (p < 0.05). The overall diet quality of the Australian population is poor and targeted interventions for young-adults, males, obese and those with lower socio-economic status are recommended.

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Fast-food consumers in Singapore: demographic profile, diet quality and weight status

Cited by 37 publications

References 32 publications

Are Asian foods as “fattening” as western-styled fast foods?

Are Asian foods as “fattening” as western-styled fast foods?

Fast Food Pattern and Cardiometabolic Disorders: A Review of Current Studies

Socio-Demographic Determinants of Diet Quality in Australian Adults Using the Validated Healthy Eating Index for Australian Adults (HEIFA-2013)

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