Fast-food habits, weight gain, and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis

By Mark A. Pereira, A. Kartashov, C. Ebbeling, Linda V van Horn, Martha L. Slattery, David R. Jacobs, David S. Ludwig. The Lancet, 2005

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Creating healthy food and eating environments: policy and environmental approaches. (2008, positive): “Studies have linked frequent eating out to higher caloric intake, weight gain, and obesity (9, 65, 74).”
Physical activity and food environments: solutions to the obesity epidemic. (2009, positive): “2005) and consequently gain more weight (Pereira et al. 2005; Thompson et al. 2004).”
Fast-Food Consumption and the Ban on Advertising Targeting Children: The Quebec Experience (2011, positive): “Pereira et al. (2005) estimate, after controlling for all other probable factors, that frequent fast-food consumption can lead to 4.5 kg (or 9.9 lb) of weight gain over 15 years.”
Australian Dietary Guidelines (2006, positive): “International data suggest that the major foods contributing to increased energy intake include sweetened drinks, snack foods and fast food [803, 807, 808] and that increasing portion size is also an important contributor [143, 809, 810].”