Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious disruption to food security in the world. Declining incomes, purchasing power, and food production and rising prices in the food supply and consumption chain have affected and increased the risk of food insecurity, the most important consequence of which is the worsening of world hunger and malnutrition. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Sonya A. Grier is Associate Professor of Marketing, Kogod School of Business, American University (e-mail: [email protected]). Janell Mensinger is Director of the Clinical Research Unit, Department of Medicine, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center (e-mail: [email protected]). Shirley H. Huang is Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Chil...

The present study examined associations between food marketing exposure and adolescents' food choices and reported consumption of energy-dense and nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods. A cross-sectional survey of 12,188 Australian secondary students aged 12-17 years was conducted, using a web-based self-report questionnaire. Measures included students' level of exposure to commercial television and non-b...

BACKGROUND Medical nutritional therapy is an important aspect of diabetes care, there is an increasing awareness of breakfast skipping, late dinner and meal contents on diabetes control. AIM To assess dietary habits, physical activity and diabetes perception among patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS This case-control study was conducted among patients with diabetes mellitus at the diabet...

BACKGROUND Individuals and families are relying more on food prepared outside the home as a source for at-home and away-from-home consumption. Restricting the estimation of fast-food access to fast-food restaurants alone may underestimate potential spatial access to fast food. METHODS The study used data from the 2006 Brazos Valley Food Environment Project (BVFEP) and the 2000 U.S. Census Sum...

Rates of obesity and insulin resistance have climbed sharply over the past 30 years. These epidemics are temporally related to a dramatic rise in consumption of fast food; until recently, it was not known whether the fast food was driving the obesity, or vice versa. We review the unique properties of fast food that make it the ideal obesigenic foodstuff, and elucidate the mechanisms by which fa...

OBJECTIVE To examine the dietary profile associated with fast-food use. To compare the dietary intake of individuals on the day that they ate fast food with the day that fast food was not eaten. DESIGN Cross-sectional study design. The dietary intake of individuals who reported eating fast food on one or both survey days was compared with those who did not report eating fast food. Among the i...