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Marketing Fast Food: Impact of Fast Food Restaurants in Children’s Hospitals

Pediatrics, 2006
OBJECTIVES. The objectives of this study were (1) to determine fast food restaurant prevalence in hospitals with pediatric residencies and (2) to evaluate how hospital environment affects purchase and perception of fast food. METHODS. We first surveyed pediatric residency programs regarding fast food restaurants in their hospitals to ...
Hannah B. Sahud, William Meadow, Robert R. Tanz, Helen J. Binns   +3 more
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Comparison of Fast-Food and Non-Fast-Food Children's Menu Items

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2009
Compare the macronutrient content of children's meals sold by fast-food restaurants (FFR) and non-fast-food restaurants (NFF).All restaurants within the designated city limits were surveyed. Non-fast-food children's meals were purchased, weighed, and analyzed using nutrition software.
Virginia B. Jedda, Elena Serrano
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Evaluation of fatty acid content of some Iranian fast foods with emphasis on trans fatty acids.

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009
Although the disadvantages of trans fatty acids (TFAs) are widely mentioned, limited data are available on the TFAs contents of Iranian foods, including fast foods.
S. Asgary, B. Nazari, N. Sarrafzadegan, S. Parkhideh, S. Saberi, Ahmad Esmaillzadeh, L. Azadbakht   +6 more
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Slow food, fast food and the control of food intake

Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2010
This Perspective focuses on two elements of our food supply and eating environment that facilitate high energy intake: a high eating rate and distraction of attention from eating. These two elements are believed to undermine our body's capacity to regulate its energy intake at healthy levels because they impair the congruent association between sensory
de Graaf, C., Kok, F.J.
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Frequent consumption of certain fast foods may be associated with an enhanced preference for salt taste.

Journal of human nutrition and dietetics (Print), 2009
BACKGROUND Excessive exposure to high-salt foods may change the taste perception, which results in the overconsumption of sodium. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of liking or frequent eating of high-salt food on salt taste perception ...
G. H. Kim, H. Lee
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Dietary exposure of Canadians to perfluorinated carboxylates and perfluorooctane sulfonate via consumption of meat, fish, fast foods, and food items prepared in their packaging.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2007
Human exposure to perfluorinated compounds is a worldwide phenomenon; however, routes of human exposure to these compounds have not been well-characterized.
S. Tittlemier, K. Pepper, Carol Seymour, J. Moisey, R. Bronson, Xu-Liang Cao, R. Dabeka   +6 more
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Fast food in Istanbul

British Food Journal, 1999
A neighbourhood fast‐food outlet in Istanbul focuses on two target markets, tourists and locals. This case is an exercise in market segmentation.
Leo Paul Dana, Teresa E. Dana
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High trans fatty acid content in common Indian fast foods

, 2008
Purpose – Trans fatty acids (TFA) are deleterious to health and can lead to multiple diseases. The purpose of this paper is to study their content in Indian sweets and snacks (fast foods).Design/methodology/approach – The paper used the food composition ...
Aachu Agrawal, Rajeev Gupta, K. Varma, B. Mathur   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influences on consumption of soft drinks and fast foods in adolescents.

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009
Soft drink and fast food are energy dense foodstuffs that are heavily marketed to adolescents, and are likely to be important in terms of risk of obesity.
Elizabeth A Denney‐Wilson, David Crawford, Timothy Dobbins, Louise L Hardy, A. Okely   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Selenium content of convenience and fast foods in Ayrshire, Scotland.

International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, 1995
Selenium concentrations were determined via hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry in more than 100 convenience and fast foods including 34 vegetarian dishes. The foods were purchased mainly in Ayrshire, Scotland but some came from other parts
J. Molnár, A. Macpherson, I. Barclay, P. Molnar   +3 more
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