scholarly journals Review on Health Impact of Fast Food on Younger Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 172-177
Author(s):  
Vrushali Dighikar ◽  
Seema Singh
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Peer Pressure ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Fast Foods ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Excessive Intake

“Fast food is a food which is speedily available as well as provides, frequently at eating places as well as seasonally related with not so much cost and nutritional things like hamburgers, French fries, and soda.” The teenagers of today will be the future of tomorrow; therefore, concentrating on today's adolescents and educating them on how to modify their behaviours toward healthy eating patterns is critical. The dietary issue is one of the most serious health issues confronting millions of children of all ages. There are lots of effects of fast food on the health of adolescents. Because of peer pressure, shortage of time, attractive packages and tastes they become closer to take fast food. Fast foods are at large quantity obtain in educational institutions through various stores. Canteens are available in educational institutions to offer soda water, soft drink, cracks and lots of other foods of less nutritious rate(value). There are many ill impacts and effects of fast food and persons are not aware of its dangerous effects. It can cause many harmful disorders. Prolonged use of fast food is the reason for medical issues, chubbiness means obesity, GI Tract problem and increased fat. Excessive intake of fast foods may reduce appetite and eliminate the chance for nutrients in foods. These quick meals are rich in fat, salt, and sugar, and they are the root cause of chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes, and cancer in later years of life. This review focuses on what is fast food and its effect on adolescents and the evidence of its effects on mortality, morbidity and quality of life.

scholarly journals CONSUMPTION OF FAST FOODS AND HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS IN BORI TOWN, KHANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Wachukwu Chikodi ◽  
Happiness I. ◽  
Salomi Odehowho Onoriode
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Weight Gain ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Heart Attack ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Fast Foods ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the consumption of fast foods and health of adolescents in Bori town, Khana Local Government Area, Rivers State Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research. A sample of 150 respondents or parents was randomly selected from 15 clusters of Bori town. Furthermore, 2 experts (i.e. 1 Nutritionist and 1 Dietician) validated well-structured instrument titled “Fast Food Risk Assessment Questionnaire” (FFRAQ) with a reliability coefficient (using Cronbach Alpha (ra) method) of 0.813 necessitating its use for data collection analyzed using frequent count and percentage rating. The study revealed that 97% of respondents preferand consume fast foods based on its nutritious, pleasant, convenient, easy to eat, appetizing, andtasty nature. While87% of the respondents attested that the non-spicing of fast food with vegetables makes it unhealthy leading to weight gain, artery pains, heart attack, and other health issues. The study recommends among others that: nutritionists and dieticians encourage the consumption of nutritious, pleasant, appetizing and tasty fast foods especially during school hours. Alongside, parents and caregivers ensuring that they spice fast foods with vegetables which increase the antioxidants, micronutrients and nutrients that will prevent obesity, artery pains, heart attack, and other health issues.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Correlates of Poor Oral Hygiene among School-Going Students in Mongolia

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 12
Author(s):  
Javzan Badarch ◽  
Suvd Batbaatar ◽  
Edit Paulik
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Health Promotion Program ◽  
Second Hand Smoke ◽  
Oral Diseases ◽  
Poor Oral Hygiene ◽  
Oral Health Promotion

Brushing at least twice a day is one of the most effective methods for the prevention of dental caries and oral diseases. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of poor oral hygiene in Mongolian school-going students. A secondary analysis of nationally representative data from the 2013 Mongolian Global School-based Health Survey (GSHS) was performed. In the survey, a questionnaire was completed by 5393 students aged 12–16 years old. The prevalence of poor oral hygiene and its association with some independent variables were analyzed by frequency distribution, chi-squared test, and logistic regression. The overall prevalence of poor oral hygiene was 33%. In the multivariate analysis, male students, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, parents’ smoking, being exposed to second-hand smoke, poor parental supervision and connectedness, physical inactivity, and sedentary behavior were significantly associated with poor oral hygiene. Meanwhile, students who ate fast food and drank carbonated soft drink were found to be less likely to be poor tooth-brushers in 2013. Various determinants were identified in connection with poor oral hygiene. Based on these findings, it is recommended that an oral health promotion program should be combined with general health promotion and lifestyle intervention programs for this target population.

Popular Culture and Public Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darrell L. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Popular Culture ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Private University ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Fast Food Restaurants ◽  
Health Behavior Changes

The key to living a longer, healthier life lies in one’s ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle and make health behavior changes. Public health professionals face the difficult task of developing effective health communication to encourage healthy lifestyles for an American public distracted by competing demands, such as work obligations and family responsibilities, along with savvy commercial marketing from soft drink makers and fast-food restaurants. Public health educators must do a better job of equipping public health students to meet these challenges. The goal of this article is to describe components of a transdisciplinary problem-solving course, titled “Popular Culture and Public Health,” offered at a private university in the Midwest, geared to help prepare students to meet these challenges. Components from the course described here serves as a model for development of an engaging, solution-oriented course for public health education.

scholarly journals Environmental and Individual Predictors of Healthy Dietary Behaviors in a Sample of Middle Aged Hispanic and Caucasian Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Bowen ◽  
Jennifer Jabson ◽  
Wendy Barrington ◽  
Alyson Littman ◽  
Donald Patrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Hispanic Women ◽  
Dietary Behaviors ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Soft Drink Consumption ◽  
Caucasian Women

The objective of this effort is to gather data to tailor interventions appropriately. Greater understanding of the correlates of socioeconomic status and obesogenic dietary behaviors was the focus of this manuscript. Using multistage sampling, women with varied education levels completed a baseline assessment in a longitudinal study of women aged 30 to 50 years. This study was conducted in low-SES areas of South King County, Washington State. This study included 530 Caucasian and 510 Hispanic women. Fruit and vegetable consumption was positively associated and soft drink consumption inversely associated with the level of education in Caucasian women. In contrast, percentage calories from fat was positively associated with the level of education in Hispanic women. In Hispanic women, level of education interacted significantly with food security in relation to percentage calories from fat, and with eating norms in relation to soft drink consumption. Neighborhood presence of ethnic food stores was associated with outcomes for Hispanic women, but for Caucasians, presence of fast food restaurants was important. Education was consistently associated with two of the three obesogenic dietary behaviors studied among Caucasian women. Education played a moderating role in the associations of food security and eating norms, independent of area level food availability, in two of three obesogenic dietary behaviors studied. However, these patterns differed for Hispanic women, indicating the need for more research into important variables to support change in Hispanic women. Women of differing ethnic groups did not respond similarly to environmental conditions and policy-relevant surroundings. These data have meaning for considering urban policy that impacts obesity levels in the population.

scholarly journals How Fast Foods Impact Coronary Artery Disease Incidence: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Khudayenoor ◽  
Ayesha Shaheen ◽  
Aimen Fatima ◽  
Zohaib Saleem ◽  
Hafeez Arshad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Fast Foods ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
The Impact

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a very ordinary health problem around the globe. CAD is affected by numerous factors like diabetes, obesity, smoking, gender, and diet. However, the association of CAD with diet is understudied in our region that’s why our study was aimed to evaluate the effect of diet on CAD incidence. This cross-sectional study was completed among local population of Rawalpindi, Pakistan in almost 6 months from November 2020 to April 2021. People were taken in our study via set criteria. Data was collected by self-structured proforma. Data analysis was performed by applying IBM SPSS version 25. Descriptive statistics were applied for quantitative variables. Statistical tests like Chi-square test and Spearman correlation analysis were applied to know the association, direction, and strength of study variables. Our current study displays overall high prevalence CAD (17.48%) among study population. Mean value of age for study participants was 45.42 with SD of ±8.01years. Prevalence of CAD was more common among females, faster food eaters and fresh fruit and raw vegetables non-eaters. Gender, fast food, and fresh fruits and vegetables were associated with CHD significantly with p-values 0.030, 0.0007, and 0.0006 respectively. Strength and direction for fast food and CAD association was very strong and positive while for association between fresh fruits and raw vegetables and CAD was very strong and negative with correlation coefficient +0.812 and -0.831 respectively. In a nutshell, current study indicates high prevalence of CAD especially among females, fast food eaters and fresh fruits and raw vegetables non-eaters. Higher consumption of fast foods leads to higher incidence of CAD and vice versa while higher consumption of fresh fruits and raw vegetables bring down the incidence of CAD incidence and vice versa. So, we need to create awareness among people about the impact of food on CAD and gender specific interventions for each gender to lower down the CAD incidence.

scholarly journals ESTIMATION OF NUTRITION STRUCTURE IN THE SYSTEM OF HYGIENIC TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FOR HEALTHY NUTRITION

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 297-300
Author(s):  
Vladislav R. Kuchma ◽  
A. Yu. Makarova
Keyword(s):  
Fast Food ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Fermented Milk ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Milk Products ◽  
Healthy Nutrition ◽  
The Family ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
Fermented Milk Products

Data of the hygienic assessment of the nutritional structure of students in the age periods that are critical for the formation of proper eating behavior is presened. The purpose of the study was to study the structure, nutrition regimen, dietary habits in the family, the nature of the physical activity of students. The questionnaire “Study of medical and social reasons for the formation of deviations in health and diseases in children” was used. 70-80% of students in Moscow schools have been established to be at risk in terms of lifestyle factors, among which a significant factor is a nutrition. The structure of their nutrition is characterized by insufficient consumption of biologically valuable food in 27-70% of children. The diet of 20-40% of respondents is depleted in the content of fermented milk products, vegetables, and fruits. Children exclude first courses (68-70%), breakfast cereals, fish, vegetables (35-40%), oils and eggs (29%) from their meals at an educational institution. Most schoolchildren outside educational institutions consume foods that are not intended for children food: chips, fast food, confectionery, sweet carbonated drinks.

scholarly journals Comercialización, consumo y valor nutricional de la comida rápida, en los estudiantes universitarios, caso: carrera de agroindustria de la facultad de ciencias pecuarias/Marketing, consumption and nutritional value of rapid food, in university students,

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Belén Bravo Avalos ◽  
José Luis López Salazar ◽  
Luis Antonio Velasco Matveev ◽  
María Fernanda Miranda
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Nutritional Value ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Se considera comida rápida a toda clase de comida preparada de manera rápida, cómoda y por lo general barata y de amplia comercialización. El presente artículo contribuye con definiciones, características, ventajas y desventajas del producto, así como sus consecuencias en la salud en las personas. El objetivo fue identificar cual es la comida rápida de mayor consumo y a partir de este obtuvo el valor nutricional de la comida rápida que resultó consumida en mayor cantidad, así como también se conocieron cuáles son los factores que influyen en su consumo. La metodología que se empleó fue el enfoque cuantitativo y cualitativo, se aplicó encuestas a los estudiantes de Facultad de Ciencias Pecuarias de la Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, periodo académico abril – agosto 2018, también se analizó los productos de mayor consumo en el laboratorio de la Facultad de Ciencias Pecuarias. El resultado obtenido demostró un alto porcentaje de estudiantes que consumen comida rápida a pesar de estar conscientes que es de mala calidad y que afecta a la salud. It is considered fast food to all kinds of food prepared in a fast, comfortable way and in general cheap and of extensive marketing. The present article contributes with definitions, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of this product, such as its consequences related to people´s health. The aim was to identify which is the most consumed fast food and obtained its nutritional value that turns out to be mainly eaten, as well as knowing which are the factors that influence on its consumption. The methodology used is the quantitative and qualitative approach, surveys were applied to 108 students of the Career of Agroindustries of the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, during the academic period April - August, 2018, also the most consumed food were analyzed in the laboratory of the Animal Ground Sciences Faculty. Obtained results demonstrate a high percentage of students who consume fast food in spite of being conscious about its poor quality and health issues. Palabras claves: Comercialización, comida rápida, valor nutricional, impacto. Keywords: Marketing, fast food, nutritional value, impact.

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