Frayar, D.C., Ervin, R.B. Caloric Intake From Fast Food Among Adults: United States, 2007–2010. NCHS Data Brief, No. 114, February 2013. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2013 | Zendy

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Frayar, D.C., Ervin, R.B. Caloric Intake From Fast Food Among Adults: United States, 2007–2010. NCHS Data Brief, No. 114, February 2013. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2013

Author(s) -

Shelley McGuire

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

advances in nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.362

H-Index - 90

eISSN - 2156-5376

pISSN - 2161-8313

DOI - 10.3945/an.113.003889

Subject(s) - medicine , obesity , health statistics , socioeconomic status , demography , national health and nutrition examination survey , gerontology , incidence (geometry) , ethnic group , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , environmental health , public health , population , endocrinology , physics , nursing , sociology , anthropology , optics

Background The most recent statistics released by the CDC estimate that more than one third of US adults are obese. Likely our most pressing public health concern, obesity represents a major risk factor for several of our nation’s leading causes of preventable death including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some forms of cancer. To compoundmatters, the annual medical cost burden associated with obesity is nearly $150 billion, with estimated expenditure being $1429 more for obese Americans each year compared with their nonobese counterparts. Although obesity affects all ages, socioeconomic strata, and racial/ethnic groups, incidence is highest in non-Hispanic blacks, followed by Mexican Americans.

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