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The CDC's Definition of "Fast Food" Could Be Misleading—Here's Why
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 597" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cookinglight.com/news/how-is-fast-food-defined-cdc-study" target="_blank"><strong>The CDC's Definition of "Fast Food" Could Be Misleading—Here's Why - Cooking Light</strong></a></p><p></p><p>The CDC reports that 36 percent of American adults eat fast food everyday—but what exactly do they consider to be "fast food?" </p><p></p><p>Many in the health industry, including our very own team of nutritionists, were dismayed to hear of a new <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db322.htm" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report </a>released earlier this month, suggesting that more than one third of American adults eat fast food daily. The study, which was conducted between 2013 and 2016, found that a whopping 44 percent of those between the ages of 20 and 39 years old were purchasing food from fast-food restaurants—and what's more, people with higher incomes being had an increased likelihood of regular consumption.</p><p> </p><p>While many prominent media outlets covered the report and its illuminating statistics, nearly all of them failed to <em>fully</em> identify which restaurants were included in the CDC's study.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 597, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cookinglight.com/news/how-is-fast-food-defined-cdc-study'][B]The CDC's Definition of "Fast Food" Could Be Misleading—Here's Why - Cooking Light[/B][/URL] The CDC reports that 36 percent of American adults eat fast food everyday—but what exactly do they consider to be "fast food?" Many in the health industry, including our very own team of nutritionists, were dismayed to hear of a new [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db322.htm']Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report [/URL]released earlier this month, suggesting that more than one third of American adults eat fast food daily. The study, which was conducted between 2013 and 2016, found that a whopping 44 percent of those between the ages of 20 and 39 years old were purchasing food from fast-food restaurants—and what's more, people with higher incomes being had an increased likelihood of regular consumption. While many prominent media outlets covered the report and its illuminating statistics, nearly all of them failed to [I]fully[/I] identify which restaurants were included in the CDC's study. [/QUOTE]
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