Fast Food and Obesity WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Fast Food and Obesity
While obesity in children has tripled since 1970, fast food consumption has risen 500%.1 Some researchers do not believe these two facts are mere coincidence. Research is ongoing, but appears to indicate that the consumption of fast food is related to the growing number of obese children within the United States.1
Fast Facts:
- Over a 15 year period, those who consumed fast food two or more times a week gained an average of 10 pounds more and had twice as much insulin resistance than those who consumed it less than once a week.2
- Obesity can lead to health problems such as diabetes and severe cardiac issues.3
- Exercise can help maintain a healthy weight and lowered health risks.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Children's Hospital Boston: Clear Link Between Fast Food, Obesity
- ↑ ScienceDaily: 15-Year Study Shows Strong Link Between Fast Food, Obesity and Insulin Resistance
- ↑ Ygoy: Fast Food Obesity
- ↑ HealthGuide: How to Tackle Obesity Due to Fast Food
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
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- Contributor: Susan Scroggins
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Fast food obesity, Obesity and fast food, Fast Food and Weight, Weight and Fast Food, Overweight and Fast Food, Fast Food and Overweight
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
