Consumption of calories from fast food among US adults is about 11.3 percent between 2007 to 2010, according to a report.
The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was based on data pulled from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CBS News reported.
Fast Food Fad: A Global Mania
Fast food, like fast life, will put us on the fast track to ill health. Teaching young children to make sensible dietary choices will ensure that they enjoy a 'slow', but safe future.
Advertisement
Fast food is a quick alternative to making a meal at home, and it's steadily becoming am increasing part of the American diet, the report noted.
However, the 2007 to 2010 fast food-calorie statistics are lower than the levels reported from 2003 to 2006, when the American diet was about 13 percent fast food, it said.
![Fighting Obesity While Sticking to Fast Food – Is It Possible?]( "Fighting Obesity While Sticking to Fast Food – Is It Possible?")
Eating fast food is no longer a fashion. It is now a necessity. But fast-food is also known to contribute to the obesity epidemic. What is the way out then?
Researchers cited that eating fast food frequently has been linked to weight gain.
The CDC report revealed that more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese and that obese people had the highest percentage of fast food making up their diet.
Non-Hispanic black adults ate more fast food in their diet than non-Hispanic whites and Hispanic adults. Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest rates of obesity at 49.5 percent, according to the CDC.
Earlier research has linked obesity to many health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer.
Source: ANI
Fighting Obesity While Sticking to Fast Food – Is It Possible?
Eating fast food is no longer a fashion. It is now a necessity. But fast-food is also known to contribute to the obesity epidemic. What is the way out then?
Advertisement
Researchers cited that eating fast food frequently has been linked to weight gain.
The CDC report revealed that more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese and that obese people had the highest percentage of fast food making up their diet.
Non-Hispanic black adults ate more fast food in their diet than non-Hispanic whites and Hispanic adults. Non-Hispanic blacks have the highest rates of obesity at 49.5 percent, according to the CDC.
Earlier research has linked obesity to many health conditions, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer.
Source: ANI
Fast Foods
Fast foods contain as much as 500 calories per serve which is even higher than the calories that a lunch or dinner should provide. Majority of Indians have a flawed perception of healthy food options.
Advertisement
Advertisement
|
Advertisement
Recommended Readings
Latest General Health News
The Pakistan Ministry has announced the commencement of a nationwide polio vaccination campaign beginning on October 2, aiming to immunize more children.
In a tragic incident, a woman in the US experienced the loss of all her limbs as a result of a bacterial outbreak linked to the consumption of contaminated fish.
FluMos-v2, a unique universal influenza vaccine candidate, undergoing a phase 1 trial at NIH, increases recipients' immunity against many influenza viruses.
In Pakistan, the polio campaign focuses on more than 270,000 children under the age of five years, residing in areas with insufficient vaccine coverage.
Dangers of Wrong Diagnosis: Diagnostic errors in healthcare can increase the risk of permanent disabilities and deaths.
