The effect of fast-food restaurants on childhood obesity: A school level analysis

Menu label accuracy at a university's foodservices. An exploratory recipe nutrition analysis

“…In recent years, increased weight of American adults and children has been positively associated with the prevalence of the consumption of foods away from home (Alviola, Nayga, Thomsen, Danforth, & Smartt, 2014;Kim, Lee, & Han, 2014;Mancino, Todd, Guthrie, & Lin, 2014;Nago, Lachat, Dossa, & Kolsteren, 2014;Shah et al, 2014;Todd & Mancino, 2013). The proper promotion of healthy foods prepared by the foodservices of higher education institutions is of particular concern because of the marked prevalence of weight gain for students during the college years (Hoffman, Policastro, Quick, & Lee, 2006;Racette, Deusinger, Strube, Highstein, & Deusinger, 2008).…”

Fast Food Consumption and Its Association With Obesity Among Female College Students in Al-Medina Al-Munwarah , Saudi Arabia: A Cross Sectional Study.

“…There were also some variations with statically inference between the body mass index of the obese and overweight female students and their increase intake of fast food meals; it appeared that there is a correlation between consuming fast food and obesity that was reported in studies (Francis et al, 2003;Alviola et al,2014). Also, there were not any statically discrepancies whether they were thinner or with healthy bodies who take the light meals as explained in the table no.…”

Understanding Out-of-Home Food Environment, Family Restaurant Choices, and Childhood Obesity with an Agent-Based Huff Model

“…Some found no association between children's weight gain and differential exposure to food outlets [74][75][76][77][78]. Others found that increased fast food access [79][80][81] or a higher ratio of fast food to full-service restaurants [81] was associated with a higher BMI. Unlike the extant literature, our results suggest that fast food in general has no impact on rural children's BMI percentile.…”