CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SPECIFIC FOOD INTAKE AND OBESITY: CITATIONS

The following articles examine the connection between specific food intake, including fast food, and obesity. Please note that the articles have not been reviewed by the Strategic Alliance for accuracy, etc., and must be subject to your own interpretations.

• Bowman SA, Gortmaker SL, Ebbeling CB, Pereira MA, Ludwig DS. Effects of fast-food consumption on energy intake and diet quality among children in a national household survey. Pediatrics. 2004 Jan;113:112-8.

• Ebbeling CB, Sinclair KB, Pereira MA, Garcia-Lago E, Feldman HA, Ludwig DS.Effects of fast food on total energy intake in obese and non-obese adolescents. Obesity Research. 2004 Jan;12(1)171

• Jeffery RW, French SA. Epidemic obesity in the United States are fast foods and television viewing contributing? American Journal of Public Health. 1998 Feb;88(2)277-80.

• McCrory MA, Fuss PJ, Hays NP, Vinken AG, Greenberg AS, Roberts SB. Overeating in America association between restaurant food consumption and body fatness in healthy adult men and women ages 19 to 80. Obesity Research. 1999 Nov;7(6)564-71.

• French SA, Harnack L, Jeffery RW. Fast food restaurant use among women in the Pound of Prevention study dietary, behavioral and demographic correlates. International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 2000 Oct;24(10)1353-9.

• Prentice AM, Jebb SA. Fast foods, energy density and obesity a possible mechanistic link. Obesity Review. 2003 Nov;4(4)187-94

• St-Onge MP, Keller KL, Heymsfield SB. Changes in childhood food consumption patterns a cause for concern in light of increasing body weights. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2003 Dec;78(6)1068-73.

• Binkley JK, Eales J, Jekanowski M. The relation between dietary change and rising US obesity. International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 2000 Aug;24(8)1032-9.

• Paeratakul S, Ferdinand DP, Champagne CM, Ryan DH, Bray GA. Fast-food consumption among US adults and children dietary and nutrient intake profile. Journal American Dietetic Association. 2003 Oct;103(10)1332-8.

• Nielsen SJ, Siega-Riz AM, Popkin BM. Trends in energy intake in U.S. between 1977 and 1996 similar shifts seen across age groups. Obesity Research. 2002 May;10(5)370-8.

• French SA, Story M, Neumark-Sztainer D, Fulkerson JA, Hannan P. Fast food restaurant use among adolescents associations with nutrient intake, food choices and behavioral and psychosocial variables. International Journal of Obesity Related Metabolic Disorders. 2001 Dec;25(12)1823-33.

• Mello MM, Rimm EB, Studdert DM. The McLawsuit: the fast-food industry and legal accountability for obesity. Health Affairs (Millwood). 2003 Nov-Dec;22(6)207-16.

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