Eating away from home: a risk factor for overweight in children

The present study examined the association between childhood overweight, children’s meals and eating out in three types of restaurants (traditional Portuguese food restaurant, fast-food restaurant and snack bar). A representative sample of Portuguese children (5706 boys; 5950 girls aged 6–11 years)...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2018-12, Vol.72 (12), p.1724-1727
Main Authors: Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M., Gama, Augusta, Mourão, Isabel, Nogueira, Helena, Rosado-Marques, Vítor, Padez, Cristina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bars
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Brief Communication
Children
Children & youth
Clinical Nutrition
Eating
Education
Epidemiology
Ethnography
Fast food
Fast food industry
Food
Girls
Health care
Internal Medicine
Meals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Nutritional status
Obesity
Overweight
Parents
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Public Health
Regression analysis
Restaurants
Risk analysis
Risk factors
Statistical analysis
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Summary:The present study examined the association between childhood overweight, children’s meals and eating out in three types of restaurants (traditional Portuguese food restaurant, fast-food restaurant and snack bar). A representative sample of Portuguese children (5706 boys; 5950 girls aged 6–11 years) was used for this analysis and an ethnographic study with 233 interviews of the owners of snack bars in Coimbra (Portugal). Weight and height were measured (body mass index was consequently calculated). A familial and nutritional questionnaire was filled out by parents. Logistic regressions were used. Findings revealed that eating out at snack bars may be a risk for children’s health because those who eat out at these food establishments have a 21% higher risk of being overweight than those peers who do not eat out at snack bars. In conclusion, findings revealed a statistically significant association between overweight and eating out at snack bars in boys.
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/s41430-018-0165-3