Fast food restaurant use among adolescents: associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables
International Journal of ObesityPublished 1 December 2001
Simone A. French, Mary Story, Dianne Neumark‐Sztainer, Jayne A. Fulkerson, Peter J. Hannan
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FFFRU was positively associated with student employment, television viewing, home availability of unhealthy foods, and perceived barriers to healthy eating, and was inversely associated with students' own and perceived maternal and peer concerns about healthy eating.
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FFFRU is associated with higher energy and fat intake among adolescents. Interventions to reduce reliance on fast food restaurants may need to address perceived importance of healthy eating as well as time and convenience barriers.
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