Energy intake from restaurants: demographics and socioeconomics, 2003-2008.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eating food away from home and restaurant consumption have increased over the past few decades.

Purpose

To examine recent changes in calories from fast-food and full-service restaurant consumption and to assess characteristics associated with consumption.

Methods

Analyses of 24-hour dietary recalls from children, adolescents, and adults using nationally representative data from the 2003-2004 through 2007-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, including analysis by gender, ethnicity, income, and location of consumption. Multivariate regression analyses of associations between demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and consumption prevalence and average daily caloric intake from fast-food and full-service restaurants.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Powell LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3479669 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature