Journal article
Takeaway food consumption and cardio-metabolic risk factors in young adults
KJ Smith, L Blizzard, SA McNaughton, SL Gall, T Dwyer, AJ Venn
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition | Published : 2012
Abstract
Background/objectives:Takeaway food consumption is positively associated with adiposity. Little is known about the associations with other cardio-metabolic risk factors. This study aimed to determine whether takeaway food consumption is associated with fasting glucose, insulin, lipids, homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) and blood pressure.Subjects/methods:A national sample of 1896, 26-36 year olds completed a questionnaire on socio-demographics, takeaway food consumption, physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Waist circumference and blood pressure were measured, and a fasting blood sample was taken. For this analysis, takeaway food consumption was dichotomised to once a week or less an..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of the study's project manager, Marita Dalton, all other project staff and the study participants. This research was funded by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Heart Foundation, the Tasmanian Community Fund and Veolia Environmental Services. We gratefully thank the study sponsors Sanitarium, ASICS and Target. SM was supported by a National Heart Foundation of Australia Postdoctoral Fellowship and SG was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Public Health Postdoctoral Fellowship.