PMID- 28032519
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170807
LR  - 20170807
IS  - 0260-1060 (Print)
IS  - 0260-1060 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Mar
TI  - Fast foods perception among adolescents by gender and weight status.
PG  - 39-45
LID - 10.1177/0260106016685724 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Fast food restaurants have become widespread in both developed and 
      developing countries due to nutritional and economic transitions. The frequency 
      of fast food intake is relatively high among adolescents; however, fast food 
      consumption is positively associated with total energy intake and obesity in 
      adolescents. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the perception of Jordanian 
      adolescents towards fast foods relative to gender and obesity. METHODS: A 
      cross-sectional survey was conducted on 400 boys and 395 girls, aged 15-18 years. 
      The adolescents completed a validated questionnaire to measure the perception of 
      adolescents towards fast foods during the year 2013-2014. Weight and height were 
      measured. Numbers who were non-overweight, overweight, and obese were calculated 
      for each age and sex using the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) standard. 
      RESULTS: The majority of participants perceived foods which are eaten as 
      sandwiches as fast foods. A significant difference between boy and girl 
      adolescents was reported regarding perception of French fries ( p < 0.012), fried 
      chicken ( p < 0.001), fattayer ( p < 0.001), foul (boiled broad beans) sandwich ( 
      p < 0.001), falafel sandwich ( p < 0.044) and fried eggs sandwich ( p < 0.001) as 
      fast foods. Girls were significantly more enthusiastic than boys to consider 
      cuscusi plate ( p < 0.001), rice dishes ( p < 0.002), Chinese foods ( p < 0.001), 
      Indian foods ( p < 0.010), Mexican foods ( p < 0.011), and Italian foods ( p < 
      0.004) as non-fast foods. The difference between obese and non-obese regarding 
      the perception of fast foods was only significant among boy participants. Western 
      or non-Arab foods, food prepared fast and eaten fast in self-service outlets, and 
      food rich in calories were significantly perceived as fast food by Jordanian 
      adolescents ( p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The perception of foods as fast foods or 
      non-fast foods was significantly different between both genders as well as in 
      obese and non-obese male Jordanian adolescents.
FAU - Allehdan, Sabika S
AU  - Allehdan SS
AD  - 1 Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, The 
      University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
FAU - Tayyem, Reema F
AU  - Tayyem RF
AD  - 1 Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, The 
      University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
FAU - Bawadi, Hiba A
AU  - Bawadi HA
AD  - 2 Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, 
      Qatar.
FAU - Al-Awwad, Narmeen J
AU  - Al-Awwad NJ
AD  - 3 Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health 
      Sciences, Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan.
FAU - Al-Mannai, Mariam
AU  - Al-Mannai M
AD  - 4 Department of Mathematics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Manama, 
      Bahrain.
FAU - Musaiger, Abdulrahman O
AU  - Musaiger AO
AD  - 5 Arab Center for Nutrition, Manama, Bahrain.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20161229
PL  - England
TA  - Nutr Health
JT  - Nutrition and health
JID - 8306569
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Awareness
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - *Fast Foods
MH  - *Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - *Gender Identity
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Jordan
MH  - Male
MH  - *Obesity/etiology
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Fast foods perception
OT  - adolescents
OT  - body weight status
OT  - gender
EDAT- 2016/12/30 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/08 06:00
CRDT- 2016/12/30 06:00
PHST- 2016/12/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/12/30 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0260106016685724 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nutr Health. 2017 Mar;23(1):39-45. doi: 10.1177/0260106016685724. Epub 2016 Dec 
      29.