Number Of Fast-food Restaurants In Neighborhood Associated With Stroke Risk

[DainBramaged]

(I'm POSITIVE someone will find fault with this article or claim it's from a Reich-wing hate site in spite of the value of the information)


The risk of stroke increases with the number of fast-food restaurants in a neighborhood, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2009.

After statistically controlling for demographic and socioeconomic factors, researchers found:

Residents of neighborhoods with the highest number of fast-food restaurants had a 13 percent higher relative risk of suffering ischemic strokes than those living in areas with the lowest numbers of restaurants.
The relative risk of stroke increased 1 percent for each fast-food restaurant in a neighborhood.
However, the researchers said the discovery of increased risk only demonstrates an association, it does not prove that fast-food restaurants raise stroke risk.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090219202714.htm

[LaydeeBug]

1. Man! I just had McDonald's for brekky. Guess I'm doomed. nt

[DainBramaged]

2. The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity

http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~sdellavi/wp/fastfoodJan09.pdf

50 pages


Eating at Fast-food Restaurants More than Twice Per Week is Associated with More Weight Gain and Insulin Resistance in Otherwise Healthy Young Adults


Young adults who eat frequently at fast-food restaurants gain more weight and have a greater increase in insulin resistance in early middle age, according to a large multi-center study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and published in the January 1 issue of The Lancet*.

After 15 years, those who ate at fast-food restaurants more than twice each week compared to less than once a week had gained an extra ten pounds and had a two-fold greater increase in insulin resistance, a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes is a major risk factor for heart disease.

“Obesity and diabetes are on the rise in this country and this important study highlights the value of healthy eating habits,” said NHLBI Acting Director Barbara Alving, M.D.

Fast-food consumption has increased in the United States over the past three decades. “It’s extremely difficult to eat in a healthy way at a fast-food restaurant. Despite some of their recent healthful offerings, the menus still tend to include foods high in fat, sugar and calories and low in fiber and nutrients,” said lead author Mark Pereira, Ph.D., assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. People need to evaluate how often they eat meals at fast-food restaurants and think about cutting back, according to Pereira.

One reason for the weight gain may be that a single meal from one of these restaurants often contains enough calories to satisfy a person’s caloric requirement for an entire day.

Participants were asked during the physical examinations given as part of the study how often they ate breakfast, lunch or dinner at fast-food restaurants. Researchers found that the adverse impact on participants’ weight and insulin resistance was seen in both blacks and whites who ate frequently at fast-food restaurants, even after adjustment for other lifestyle habits.

Study participants included 3,031 young black and white adults who were between the ages of 18 and 30 in 1985-1986. The participants, who were part of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, received dietary assessments over a 15-year period. CARDIA centers are located in Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, and Oakland, CA.

According to the study, men visited fast-food restaurants more frequently than women and blacks more frequently than whites. Black men reported an average frequency of 2.3 visits per week in 2000-01. White women had the lowest frequency, at an average of 1.3 visits per week in 2000-01.

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/nhlbi-30.htm

[Gman2]

3. I never eat there, can you get a stroke from the chimney sputum?

[Rebubula]

4. THIS JUST IN!!!!

Regular consumption of Fatty foods that are high in sugars and low in vitamins can cause adverse health effects!


Also...many people want to blame the food industry for these problems....

More at 11...

[Obamanaut]

5. It isn't the number of these restaurants, it's eating that kind of food

products on a regular basis.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. During daytime, go to your really bad neighbordhoods

count the number of stores selling "healthy foods," then count the number of fast food restaurats

After you do that exercise come back to me.

[mrsadm]

6. DO NOT CONFUSE CORRELATION WITH CAUSATION!

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. It would interesting to see if gas stations are also a risk factor for strokes

The answer would almost certainly be yes. They build gas stations in some places for the same reason that they build fast food joints: that's where the people are.

I'm sure the data isn't available, but I would dearly love to see the stroke stats by same-store sales. THAT would be the smoking gun.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

9. and pawnshops... n/t

[SoCalDem]

20. and PayDay Loan places...n/t

[ProdigalJunkMail]

21. excellent point... n/t

[FarCenter]

8. People Who Don't Own A Car And Live Near Fast Food At Greater Risk For Obesity

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) — Living without a car in close proximity to fast food restaurants is associated with excess body mass index and weight gain, according to a University of Pittsburgh study available online and published in the September issue of the Journal of Urban Health. Indeed, adults in areas with high fast food concentration who didn't have a car were as much as 12 pounds heavier than those who lived in neighborhoods that lacked such restaurants.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901132815.htm

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

11. Naturally it's difficult to eat well if you have to take public transit...

...to a grocery store some number of miles away (provided you can even get to one at all.)

[ctaylors6]

10. Thank you for posting.

[DainBramaged]

12. number of stupid people who can't accept the facts about the Fast food industry

number in the millions, with many of them here at DU.

[Rebubula]

13. I accept the Facts...

...just not the conclusion of guilt.

Just because someone does not see what you do - does not make them stupid. Calling them names, however, makes you look childish.

[DainBramaged]

14. you should consider the names I'm called here, but that's OK

you can see what you want to see........

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. And the PRC is married to the idea that it is all personal

responsibity.

Even if we had the studies in your face... (wait they are) ideology trumps science

Yep, like the RIGHT WING and Global Weather Change.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. From the article

“We need to start unraveling why these particular communities have higher stroke risks,” Morgenstern said. “Is it direct consumption of fast food? Is it the lack of more healthy options? Is there something completely different in these neighborhoods that is associated with poor health?”

I'd say we are starting to see a movement to try to unravel how all these foods have the effect they have


Now cue the violins for the PRC and it is THEIR fault for eating there.

5,4,3,2...

[The Straight Story]

18. Second hand fast food - ban it from bars

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. While you laught this may actually happen

at least some of the additives will be banned.

And the city of LA has actually said NO MORE fast food restaurants in a 35 square mile zone of the city... care to guess why? Or where?